Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts
No. 67, 2010
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................ 2
2............ Commencement.................................................................................. 2
3............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 2
4............ Offering to sell and inviting offers to purchase a building.................. 5
5............ Offering to let or sublet and inviting offers to lease or sublease a building or an area of a building 5
6............ Further subleases................................................................................ 6
7............ Relationship with State and Territory law......................................... 7
8............ Act binds the Crown.......................................................................... 7
9............ External Territories............................................................................. 7
Part 2--Obligations to disclose energy efficiency information 8
10.......... Buildings and areas of buildings affected by energy efficiency disclosure obligations 8
11.......... No sale, lease or sublease without a building energy efficiency certificate 8
12.......... Rights of a prospective purchaser, lessee or sublessee.................... 10
13.......... Building energy efficiency certificates.............................................. 12
14.......... Building Energy Efficiency Register................................................. 14
15.......... Advertisements to include energy efficiency ratings........................ 15
16.......... Energy efficiency ratings.................................................................. 17
17.......... Exemptions....................................................................................... 17
18.......... Information gathering........................................................................ 18
19.......... Offences relating to information obtained or generated in applying for a certificate 20
20.......... Damages for failure to properly carry out assessments................... 21
21.......... Methods and standards of assessment............................................. 22
22.......... Application of energy efficiency disclosure obligations................... 23
23.......... Satisfying energy efficiency disclosure obligations during the transition period 23
23A....... Information gathering during the transition period........................... 25
Part 3--Accreditation of assessors 27
Division 1--Accreditation 27
24.......... Application for accreditation............................................................ 27
25.......... Accreditation of assessors................................................................ 27
26.......... Period of accreditation...................................................................... 29
27.......... Conditions of accreditation............................................................... 29
Division 2--Suspension and revocation of accreditation 30
28.......... Suspension of accreditation.............................................................. 30
29.......... Lift of suspension............................................................................. 30
30.......... Revocation of accreditation.............................................................. 31
Division 3--General provisions relating to accreditation 33
31.......... Register of Accredited Assessors..................................................... 33
32.......... Offence--holding out to be an accredited assessor.......................... 33
Part 4--Auditing accredited assessors 34
Division 1--Appointment of auditing authority and auditors 34
33.......... Auditing authority............................................................................ 34
34.......... Auditors............................................................................................ 35
35.......... Identity cards.................................................................................... 36
Division 2--Powers of auditors 37
36.......... Auditor may enter a building, an area of a building or an associated place by consent or under warrant 37
37.......... Monitoring powers of auditors........................................................ 37
38.......... Persons assisting auditors................................................................. 39
39.......... Auditor may ask questions and seek production of documents....... 39
Division 3--Obligations of auditors 41
40.......... Consent............................................................................................. 41
41.......... Announcement before entry under warrant...................................... 41
42.......... Auditor to be in possession of warrant............................................ 42
43.......... Details of warrant etc. to be given to occupier................................. 42
44.......... Compensation for damage to electronic equipment.......................... 42
Division 4--Occupier's rights and responsibilities 44
45.......... Occupier entitled to observe execution of warrant........................... 44
46.......... Occupier to provide auditor with facilities and assistance............... 44
Division 5--Monitoring warrants 45
47.......... Monitoring warrants......................................................................... 45
Division 6--Powers of magistrates 47
48.......... Powers of magistrates....................................................................... 47
Part 5--Enforcement 48
Division 1--Obtaining information and documents 48
49.......... Secretary may obtain information or documents.............................. 48
50.......... Failure to comply with a notice........................................................ 48
Division 2--Civil penalties 49
51.......... Civil penalty provisions................................................................... 49
52.......... Ancillary contravention of civil penalty provisions......................... 49
53.......... Civil penalty orders.......................................................................... 49
54.......... 2 or more proceedings may be heard together.................................. 52
55.......... Contravening a civil penalty provision is not an offence................. 52
56.......... Civil evidence and procedure rules for civil penalty orders.............. 52
57.......... Mistake of fact................................................................................. 52
Division 3--Infringement notices 54
58.......... When an infringement notice can be given........................................ 54
59.......... Matters to be included in an infringement notice............................. 54
60.......... Extension of time to pay penalty..................................................... 55
61.......... Withdrawal of an infringement notice............................................... 56
62.......... Effect of payment of penalty........................................................... 58
63.......... Effect of this Division...................................................................... 58
64.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 58
Division 4--Other matters 59
65.......... Energy Efficiency Non‑disclosure Register...................................... 59
66.......... Evidentiary certificate relating to the Building Energy Efficiency Register 60
Part 6--Miscellaneous 61
67.......... Reviewable decisions........................................................................ 61
68.......... Internal review of certain decisions.................................................. 62
69.......... Administrative review of certain decisions....................................... 62
70.......... Protection of information obtained or generated by issuing authorities, auditors etc. 63
71.......... Delegations....................................................................................... 64
72.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 65
Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010
No. 67, 2010
An Act to promote the disclosure of information about the energy efficiency of buildings, and for related purposes
[Assented to 28 June 2010]
The Parliament of Australia enacts: