Western Australian Current Acts

WATER EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND STANDARDS ACT 2006

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   3.      Objects of Act
            
   4.      Act to bind the Crown
            
   5.      External Territories
            
   5A.     Numbering
            
   5B.     Notes

   PART 2 -- Interpretation  

   6.      Application of the Criminal Code
            
   7.      Definitions

   PART 3 -- National WELS scheme  

   8.      WELS scheme to be a national cooperative scheme
            
   9.      Application of this Act
            
   10.     Relationship to other State laws
            
   11.     State and Territory laws may operate concurrently
            
   12.     Meaning of “corresponding law”
            
   13.     Commonwealth consent to conferral of functions etc. on the Regulator or inspectors by corresponding laws
            
   14.     How duty is imposed by corresponding laws
            
   15.     When a corresponding State-Territory law imposes a duty
            
   16.     No doubling up of liabilities
            
   17.     Review of decisions under this Act

   PART 4 -- WELS products and WELS standards  

   18.     WELS products
            
   19.     WELS standards
            
   20.     Meaning of WELS labelled

   PART 5 -- The WELS Regulator  

   21.     The Regulator
            
   22.     Functions of the Regulator
            
   23.     Powers of the Regulator
            
   24.     Arrangements with other agencies
            
   25.     Delegation

   PART 6 -- Registration of WELS products  

   26.     Applying for registration
            
   27.     Documentation etc. to be provided with application for registration
            
   28.     Registration of products
            
   29.     Grounds for refusing to register
            
   30.     Period of registration
            
   31.     Cancelling or suspending registration

   PART 7 -- Offences relating to the supply of WELS products

           Division 1 -- Applicable WELS standards  

   32.     Meaning of applicable WELS standard

           Division 2 -- Registration and labelling  

   33.     Registration requirement
            
   34.     Labelling registered products

           Division 3 -- Minimum efficiency and performance requirements  

   35.     Minimum water efficiency -- products required to be registered
            
   36.     Minimum general performance -- products required to be registered

           Division 4 -- Misuse of WELS standards etc.  

   37.     Misuse of WELS standards and information
            
   38.     Information inconsistent with WELS standards
            
   39.     Using information in the supply of products

           Division 5 -- False or misleading information or document  

   39A.    False or misleading information or document

   PART 8 -- Other enforcement

           Division 1 -- Infringement notices  

   40.     Infringement notices
            
   40A.    Content of notice
            
   40B.    Extension of time
            
   40C.    Withdrawal of notice
            
   40D.    Benefit of paying modified penalty
            
   40E.    Application of penalties collected
            
   40F.    Production of identity card

           Division 2 -- Publicising offences  

   41.     Regulator may publicise offences

           Division 3 -- Enforceable undertakings  

   42.     Acceptance of undertakings
            
   43.     Enforcement of undertakings

           Division 4 -- Injunctions  

   44.     Injunctions

   PART 9 -- WELS inspectors

           Division 1 -- Appointment of WELS inspectors  

   45.     Regulator may appoint WELS inspectors
            
   46.     Identity cards
            
   46A.    Offences in relation to WELS inspectors

           Division 2 -- Powers of WELS inspectors  

   47.     Purposes for which powers can be used
            
   48.     Inspection powers -- public areas of WELS business premises
            
   49.     Inspection powers -- with consent
            
   50.     Refusing consent is not an offence
            
   51.     Inspection powers -- with warrant
            
   52.     Announcement before entry under warrant
            
   53.     Copy of warrant to be given to occupier
            
   54.     Occupier must provide inspector with facilities and assistance
            
   55.     Seizing or securing evidential material
            
   56.     Holding evidential material for more than 90 days
            
   57.     Returning evidential material

           Division 3 -- Applying for warrants to enter WELS premises  

   58.     Ordinary warrants
            
   59.     Warrants by telephone, fax or other electronic means

           Division 4 -- Giving WELS information to WELS inspectors  

   60.     Meaning of person who has WELS information
            
   61.     Regulator may require a person to provide information
            
   62.     Regulator may require a person to appear before a WELS inspector
            
   62A.    False or misleading information or documents

           Division 5 -- Privilege against self incrimination  

   63.     Privilege against self incrimination not affected

   PART 10 -- Money

           Division 1 -- The WELS Account  

   64.     WELS Account
            
   65.     Credits to the WELS Account
            
   66.     Purpose of the WELS Account

           Division 2 -- Charging fees and recovering fees and other amounts  

   67.     Regulator may charge for services
            
   68.     Recovery of amounts

   PART 11 -- Review of decisions  

   69.     Meaning of reviewable decision and affected person
            
   70.     Notification of decisions and review rights
            
   71.     Internal review
            
   72.     Review of decisions by AAT

   PART 12 -- Miscellaneous  

   73.     Compensation for damage to electronic equipment
            
   74.     Compensation for acquisition of property
            
   75.     Annual report
            
   76.     Review of operation of WELS scheme
            
   77.     Regulations
           Defined terms
           Compilation table