Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01276:reg:2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L01276
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 4034–6837

2   '3-star NABERS Energy rating'.

 (2) The rating must be displayed prominently within each separate advertisement so that:
 (a) it is clearly visible; and
 (b) it is not obscured; and
 (c) the number and the text included in the rating is at least as large as the majority of the text contained in the advertisement.
6 Methods and standards of assessment — energy ratings
 (1) For paragraph 21 (1) (a) of the Act, the determined assessment methods and standards to be applied in working out the energy efficiency rating for a building are:
 (a) the NABERS Energy rating rules as modified by subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5); or
 (b) the rules relating to reliance on a current NABERS rating contained in subsections (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10).
Modification of NABERS Energy rating rules
 (2) In applying the NABERS Energy rating rules under subsection (1) (a), an accredited assessor must work out an energy efficiency rating that does not take into account the purchase of electricity under the GreenPower program.
           Note:    Information about the GreenPower program is available at http://www.greenpower.gov.au.
 (3) In applying the NABERS Energy rating rules for buildings undertaking a major refurbishment under subsection (1) (a), an accredited assessor must not assign an energy efficiency rating to a building where the accredited assessor reasonably forms the opinion that the building is currently undergoing works which are likely to effect the energy efficiency rating of the building.
 (4) In applying the NABERS Energy rating rules under subsection (1) (a), an accredited assessor must work out the base building rating for a building unless the building has inadequate metering. Metering is deemed inadequate when the meters installed for the building are not sufficient to distinguish energy measured for tenancy energy use from base building energy use, resulting in a non-representative figure of the base building energy use.
 (5) If calculating a base building rating will result in a non-representative figure as under subsection (4), an accredited assessor must work out the whole building rating for the building.
Reliance on a current NABERS rating
 (6) For paragraph 21 (1) (a) of the Act, it is determined that a method and standard of assessment to be applied in working out the energy efficiency rating for a building is for an accredited assessor to adopt and rely on a current NABERS rating that has been certified by the National Administrator of the NABERS scheme in accordance with the NABERS Energy rating rules.
 (7) For subsection (6), an accredited assessor can only rely on a current NABERS rating that does not take into account the purchase of electricity under the GreenPower program.
 (8) For subsection (6), an accredited assessor can only rely on