Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2012C00623
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Details: C2012C00623
- C2012C00623
Act No. 4 of 2005 as amended, taking into account amendments up to Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment (Scheme Enhancements) Act 2012
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment (Scheme Enhancements) Act 2012 - C2012A00108
End Date 22 Jul 2012
C2012C00623
Part 7—Offences relating to the supply of WELS products
Act No. 4 of 2005 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 22 July 2012
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 108 of 2012
7A......... Meaning of supply.............................................................................. 5
Part 3—National WELS scheme 7
8............ WELS scheme to be a national cooperative scheme............................ 7
9............ Application of this Act........................................................................ 7
10.......... Relationship between this Act and other Commonwealth laws........... 7
11.......... State and Territory laws may operate concurrently.............................. 7
12.......... Meaning of corresponding State‑Territory law.................................. 8
13.......... Commonwealth consent to conferral of functions etc. on the Regulator or inspectors by corresponding State‑Territory laws..................................................................................................... 8
14.......... How duty is imposed by corresponding State‑Territory laws............. 9
15.......... When a corresponding State‑Territory law imposes a duty............... 10
16.......... No doubling‑up of liabilities............................................................. 10
17.......... Review of decisions under corresponding State‑Territory laws........ 10
Part 4—WELS products and WELS standards 12
18.......... WELS products................................................................................. 12
19.......... WELS standards............................................................................... 12
20.......... Meaning of WELS‑labelled............................................................... 13
Part 5—The WELS Regulator 14
21.......... The Regulator.................................................................................... 14
22.......... Functions of the Regulator................................................................ 14
23.......... Powers of the Regulator.................................................................... 14
24.......... Arrangements with other agencies.................................................... 14
Part 6—Registration of WELS products 16
26.......... Applying for registration................................................................... 16
27.......... Documentation etc. to be provided with application for registration.. 16
28.......... Registration of products.................................................................... 17
29.......... Grounds for refusing to register........................................................ 17
30.......... Period of registration......................................................................... 18
31.......... Cancelling or suspending registration............................................... 18
Part 7—Offences relating to the supply of WELS products 20
33.......... Registration requirement................................................................... 21
34.......... Labelling registered products............................................................ 21
Division 3—Minimum efficiency and performance requirements 22
35.......... Minimum water efficiency—products required to be registered........ 22
36.......... Minimum general performance—products required to be registered. 22
Division 4—Misuse of WELS standards etc. 23
37.......... Misuse of WELS standards and information.................................... 23
38.......... Information inconsistent with WELS standards................................ 23
39.......... Using information in the supply of products..................................... 23
Part 8—Other enforcement 25
Division 1—Infringement notices 25
40.......... Infringement notices.......................................................................... 25
Division 2—Publicising offences 26
41.......... Regulator may publicise offences...................................................... 26
Division 3—Enforceable undertakings 27
42.......... Acceptance of undertakings.............................................................. 27
43.......... Enforcement of undertakings............................................................ 27
Division 4—Injunctions 28
44.......... Injunctions........................................................................................ 28
Part 9—WELS inspectors 30
Division 1—Appointment of WELS inspectors 30
45.......... Regulator may appoint WELS inspectors.......................................... 30
46.......... Identity cards..................................................................................... 30
Division 2—Powers of WELS inspectors 32
47.......... Purposes for which powers can be used........................................... 32
48.......... Inspection powers—public areas of WELS business premises......... 32
49.......... Inspection powers—with consent..................................................... 32
50.......... Refusing consent is not an offence.................................................... 33
51.......... Inspection powers—with warrant..................................................... 33
52.......... Announcement before entry under warrant....................................... 34
53.......... Copy of warrant to be given to occupier........................................... 34
54.......... Occupier must provide inspector with facilities and assistance......... 34
55.......... Seizing or securing evidential material.............................................. 35
56.......... Holding evidential material for more than 90 days............................ 35
57.......... Returning evidential material............................................................. 36
Division 3—Applying for warrants to enter WELS premises 37
58.......... Ordinary warrants............................................................................. 37
59.......... Warrants by telephone, fax etc.......................................................... 38
Division 4—Giving WELS information to WELS inspectors 40
60.......... Meaning of person who has WELS information............................... 40
61.......... Regulator may require a person to provide information.................... 40
62.......... Regulator may require a person to appear before a WELS inspector. 40
Division 5—Privilege against self‑incrimination 42
63.......... Privilege against self‑incrimination not affected................................ 42
Part 10—Money 43
Division 1—The WELS Account 43
64.......... WELS Account................................................................................. 43
65.......... Credits to the WELS Account........................................................... 43
66.......... Purpose of the WELS Account......................................................... 43
Division 2—Charging fees etc. 44
67.......... Regulator may charge for services.................................................... 44
68.......... Recovery of amounts........................................................................ 44
Part 11—Review of decisions 45
69.......... Meaning of reviewable decision and affected person........................ 45
70.......... Notification of decisions and review rights....................................... 45
71.......... Internal review.................................................................................. 45
72.......... Review of decisions by Administrative Appeals Tribunal................ 46
Part 12—Miscellaneous 47
73.......... Compensation for damage to electronic equipment........................... 47
74.......... Compensation for acquisition of property......................................... 48
75.......... Annual report.................................................................................... 48
76.......... Review of operation of WELS scheme............................................. 48
77.......... Regulations....................................................................................... 49
However, WELS products can be registered even if registration is not required, but, once a product is registered, WELS‑labelling requirements may apply: see subsection 19(4). It is an offence to supply a product that is not WELS‑labelled if WELS‑labelling requirements apply: see section 34.
the Regulator must, by notice published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, register the product.
(a) a notice registering the product has not been published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette; and
(a) a WELS product is registered under a WELS standard (the first WELS standard); and
(1) The Regulator may, by notice published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, cancel or suspend the registration of a WELS product if:
(3) The Regulator must, by notice published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, cancel the registration of a WELS product if:
(c) the applicable WELS standard requires registered products to be WELS‑labelled for the purposes of the supply; and
(d) the product is not WELS‑labelled.
Notes to the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
The Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 4, 2005 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Ss. 3–77: 18 Mar 2005
Schedule 2 (item 2): Royal Assent
Schedule 1: 23 Mar 2011
Schedule 2: [see Note 2 and Table A]
Schedule 3 (item 20): [see Note 2]
Sch. 1 (items 5–7), Sch. 2 (item 33) and Sch. 3 (items 21, 22)
am. No. 164, 2006; No. 108, 2012
ad. No. 108, 2012
am. No. 6, 2011; No. 108, 2012
rs. No. 108, 2012
am. No. 6, 2011
am. No. 108, 2012
The following amendments commence on 22 January 2013 unless proclaimed earlier:
1 Section 7 (definition of registered)
(c) the fees to be paid in connection with applications for registration, including methods for working out such fees and the circumstances in which fees may be waived or refunded (either in whole or in part);
3 Paragraph 42(1)(b)
Omit “(see subsection 27(2))”, substitute “imposed under the scheme formulated under subsection 26(1)”.
4 Section 69
(b) a decision by the Regulator under the scheme formulated under subsection 26(1) to cancel or suspend the registration of a WELS product.
The following amendments commence on 23 July 2012:
After “Crown liable”, insert “to a pecuniary penalty or”.
5 Section 7 (definition of evidential material)
8 Division 2 of Part 7
9 Section 35 (heading)
10 Subsection 35(1)
Omit “commits an offence”, substitute “contravenes this subsection”.
11 Subsection 35(1) (penalty)
13 Section 36 (heading)
14 Subsection 36(1)
15 Subsection 36(1) (penalty)
17 Subsection 37(1)
18 Subsection 37(1) (penalty)
19 Subsection 37(2)
20 After section 37
21 Subsection 38(1)
22 Subsection 38(1) (penalty)
23 Subsection 38(2)
Omit “Part 7”, substitute “this Act”.
25 After subsection 40(1)
26 At the end of subsection 40(2)
Add “or that contravention”.
27 After Division 3 of Part 8
28 Subsections 44(1) and (2)
29 After Part 8
30 Paragraphs 47(b) and 58(2)(b)
31 At the end of section 60
32 At the end of subsection 77(2)
; and (c) declare that specified provisions of the regulations are civil penalty provisions for the purposes of this Act, and prescribe penalties for contraventions of such provisions that do not exceed:
The following amendments commence on 1 November 2013:
As at 22 July 2012 the amendments are not incorporated in this compilation.
(1) The amendment made by item 9 of this Schedule applies in relation to determinations made after the commencement of that item.
(2) The amendment made by item 14 of this Schedule applies in relation to a reviewable decision made after the commencement of that item.
(3) The amendment made by item 20 applies in relation to WELS standards made after the commencement of that item.
Despite the repeal of section 21 of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 by item 11 of this Schedule, the Commonwealth Secretary continues to be the Regulator after the commencement of that item until a designation is made under section 21 of that Act as in force after that commencement.
The following provisions commence on 22 January 2013 unless proclaimed earlier:
new WELS Act means the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 as in force immediately after commencement.
old WELS Act means the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 as in force immediately before commencement.
registration scheme means the scheme formulated under subsection 26(1) of the new WELS Act.
6 Pending applications at commencement
(1) This item applies if a manufacturer made an application for registration of a WELS product under section 26 of the old WELS Act and, immediately before commencement:
(a) the Regulator had not registered the product under section 28 of that Act; and
(b) the Regulator had not refused to register the product under section 29 of that Act.
(2) The application is taken, immediately after commencement, to have been refused by the Regulator.
(3) If a registration fee accompanied the application, the Regulator must refund the fee to the manufacturer.
(4) Refunds of fees under subitem (3) are taken, for the purposes of section 66 of the new WELS Act, to be payments in connection with the performance of the Regulator’s functions under that Act.
7 Transitioning existing registrations
(1) This item applies in relation to a WELS product that was registered within the meaning of the old WELS Act immediately before commencement.
Transitioning registrations
(2) Immediately after commencement:
(a) the WELS product is no longer registered within the meaning of the old WELS Act; and
(i) the product is taken, for the purposes of the new WELS Act, to be registered within the meaning of that Act;
(ii) the registration scheme applies in relation to the product as if the product were registered within the meaning of the new WELS Act;
(iii) the applicable WELS standard for the product is the applicable WELS standard under which the product was registered within the meaning of the old WELS Act.
(3) The WELS product stops being registered within the meaning of the new WELS Act at the end of 80 days after commencement, unless the fee payable in accordance with the registration scheme is paid within that period.
(4) Paragraph (2)(b) and subitem (3) have effect despite anything in the registration scheme.
Refund of fees paid under old WELS Act
(5) If a fee accompanied the application that was made under the old WELS Act for registration of the WELS product, the Regulator must pay the person in relation to whom the product is registered an amount worked out using the formula:
N is the number (which may be zero) of whole years, as determined immediately before commencement, for which the product was registered within the meaning of the old WELS Act.
(6) The Regulator may set off an amount payable under subitem (5) against the amount of the fee payable under subitem (3).
(7) Payments of amounts under subitem (5) are taken, for the purposes of section 66 of the new WELS Act, to be payments in connection with the performance of the Regulator’s functions under that Act.
(8) The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing additional matters of a transitional nature (including any saving or application provisions) relating to Part 6 of the new WELS Act.
The following provisions commence on 23 July 2012:
(1) Section 32A of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005, as inserted by item 8 of this Schedule, applies in relation to applications made after the commencement of this item.
(2) Sections 43A and 43B of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005, as inserted by item 27 of this Schedule, apply in relation to conduct engaged in after the commencement of this item.