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Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2006 (WA)
An Act to provide for water efficiency labelling and for the making of water efficiency standards, and for related purposes.
Western Australia
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2006
Western Australia
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2006
Contents
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Objects of Act 2
4. Act to bind the Crown 2
5. External Territories 2
5A. Numbering 3
5B. Notes 3
Part 2 — Interpretation
6. Application of the Criminal Code 4
7. Definitions 4
Part 3 — National WELS scheme
8. WELS scheme to be a national cooperative scheme 7
9. Application of this Act 7
10. Relationship to other State laws 7
11. State and Territory laws may operate concurrently 7
12. Meaning of "corresponding law" 7
13. Commonwealth consent to conferral of functions etc. on the Regulator or inspectors by corresponding laws 7
14. How duty is imposed by corresponding laws 8
15. When a corresponding State‑Territory law imposes a duty 8
16. No doubling up of liabilities 8
17. Review of decisions under this Act 8
Part 4 — WELS products and WELS standards
18. WELS products 9
19. WELS standards 9
20. Meaning of WELS labelled 9
Part 5 — The WELS Regulator
21. The Regulator 10
22. Functions of the Regulator 10
23. Powers of the Regulator 11
24. Arrangements with other agencies 11
25. Delegation 11
Part 6 — Registration of WELS products
26. Applying for registration 12
27. Documentation etc. to be provided with application for registration 12
28. Registration of products 13
29. Grounds for refusing to register 13
30. Period of registration 14
31. Cancelling or suspending registration 14
Part 7 — Offences relating to the supply of WELS products
Division 1 — Applicable WELS standards
32. Meaning of applicable WELS standard 16
Division 2 — Registration and labelling
33. Registration requirement 16
34. Labelling registered products 16
Division 3 — Minimum efficiency and performance requirements
35. Minimum water efficiency — products required to be registered 17
36. Minimum general performance — products required to be registered 17
Division 4 — Misuse of WELS standards etc.
37. Misuse of WELS standards and information 18
38. Information inconsistent with WELS standards 18
39. Using information in the supply of products 18
Division 5 — False or misleading information or document
39A. False or misleading information or document 19
Part 8 — Other enforcement
Division 1 — Infringement notices
40. Infringement notices 20
40A. Content of notice 20
40B. Extension of time 21
40C. Withdrawal of notice 21
40D. Benefit of paying modified penalty 21
40E. Application of penalties collected 22
40F. Production of identity card 22
Division 2 — Publicising offences
41. Regulator may publicise offences 22
Division 3 — Enforceable undertakings
42. Acceptance of undertakings 23
43. Enforcement of undertakings 23
Division 4 — Injunctions
44. Injunctions 24
Part 9 — WELS inspectors
Division 1 — Appointment of WELS inspectors
45. Regulator may appoint WELS inspectors 26
46. Identity cards 26
46A. Offences in relation to WELS inspectors 27
Division 2 — Powers of WELS inspectors
47. Purposes for which powers can be used 27
48. Inspection powers — public areas of WELS business premises 28
49. Inspection powers — with consent 28
50. Refusing consent is not an offence 29
51. Inspection powers — with warrant 29
52. Announcement before entry under warrant 30
53. Copy of warrant to be given to occupier 30
54. Occupier must provide inspector with facilities and assistance 31
55. Seizing or securing evidential material 31
56. Holding evidential material for more than 90 days 31
57. Returning evidential material 32
Division 3 — Applying for warrants to enter WELS premises
58. Ordinary warrants 32
59. Warrants by telephone, fax or other electronic means 33
Division 4 — Giving WELS information to WELS inspectors
60. Meaning of person who has WELS information 35
61. Regulator may require a person to provide information 35
62. Regulator may require a person to appear before a WELS inspector 36
62A. False or misleading information or documents 37
Division 5 — Privilege against self incrimination
63. Privilege against self incrimination not affected 38
Part 10 — Money
Division 1 — The WELS Account
64. WELS Account 39
65. Credits to the WELS Account 39
66. Purpose of the WELS Account 39
Division 2 — Charging fees and recovering fees and other amounts
67. Regulator may charge for services 40
68. Recovery of amounts 40
Part 11 — Review of decisions
69. Meaning of reviewable decision and affected person 41
70. Notification of decisions and review rights 41
71. Internal review 41
72. Review of decisions by AAT 42
Part 12 — Miscellaneous
73. Compensation for damage to electronic equipment 43
74. Compensation for acquisition of property 44
75. Annual report 44
76. Review of operation of WELS scheme 44
77. Regulations 44
Notes
Compilation table 46
Defined terms
Western Australia
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2006
An Act to provide for water efficiency labelling and for the making of water efficiency standards, and for related purposes.
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Short title
This is the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2006 1.
2. Commencement
(1) This Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation.
(2) Different days can be fixed under subsection (1) for different provisions.
3. Objects of Act
The objects of this Act are as follows —
(a) to conserve water supplies by reducing water consumption;
(b) to provide information for purchasers of water use and water saving products;
(c) to promote the adoption of efficient and effective water use and water saving technologies.
4. Act to bind the Crown
(1) This Act binds the Crown in right of the State and, so far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Crown in all its other capacities.
(2) Nothing in this Act renders the Crown liable to be prosecuted for an offence.
5. External Territories
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act includes a provision extending that Act to every external Territory other than Norfolk Island.
5A. Numbering
In order to maintain consistent numbering between this Act and the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2004 of the Commonwealth —
(a) if the Commonwealth Act contains a section that is not required in this Act, the provision number and heading to the section appearing in the Commonwealth Act are included in this Act despite the omission of the body of the section; and
(b) if this Act contains a section that is not included in the Commonwealth Act, the section is numbered so as to maintain consistency in numbering between sections common to both Acts.
Notes for this section:
1. A note appears under each heading of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) describing the omitted section of the Commonwealth Act.
2. A note appears under each section of a kind referred to in paragraph (b) highlighting the non‑appearance of an equivalent section in the Commonwealth Act.
3. Some sections contained in the Commonwealth Act and included in this Act have been modified for consistency with State law and practice.
4. This section does not appear in the Commonwealth Act.
5B. Notes
Notes in this Act are provided to assist understanding and do not form part of the Act.
Note for this section:
This section does not appear in the Commonwealth Act.
Part 2 — Interpretation
6. Application of the Criminal Code
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 6 applies Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code of the Commonwealth to offences against that Act.
7. Definitions
(1) In this Act —
AAT means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal established by the AAT Act;
AAT Act means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 of the Commonwealth;
affected person has the meaning given to that term in section 69(2) and (3);
agency —
(a) in relation to the Commonwealth, includes the following —
(i) an Agency within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 of the Commonwealth;
(ii) a body corporate established for a public purpose under a law of the Commonwealth;
and
(b) in relation to this or another State or a Territory, includes the following —
(i) a Department of State (however described) of the State or Territory;
(ii) a body corporate established for a public purpose under a law of the State or Territory;
applicable WELS standard has the meaning given to that term in section 32;
Commonwealth Act means the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2004 of the Commonwealth;
Commonwealth Minister has the meaning given to that term in the Commonwealth Act;
corresponding law has the meaning given to that term in section 12;
damage, in relation to data, includes damage by erasure of data or addition of other data;
evidential material means any thing that may be relevant to the investigation or prosecution of an offence against this Act;
occupier, in relation to premises, includes a person who apparently represents the occupier of the premises;
person who has WELS information has the meaning given to that term in section 60;
registered means registered under a WELS standard;
Regulator means the Regulator established by the Commonwealth Act section 21;
reviewable decision has the meaning given to that term in section 69(1);
supply means —
(a) supply for consideration; or
(b) offer to supply for consideration;
water saving product means a device, appliance or fitting that —
(a) is not a water use product; and
(b) is designed to operate in place of a water use product;
water use product means a device, appliance or fitting through which, or into which, water flows as part of its normal operation;
WELS account means the Special Account established by the Commonwealth Act section 64(1);
WELS business premises means WELS premises that are open to the public on a regular basis;
WELS inspector means a person appointed under section 45(1);
WELS labelled has the meaning given to that term in section 20(1);
WELS premises means premises used for, or in connection with, the supply of one or more WELS products;
WELS product has the meaning given to that term in the Commonwealth Act section 18(1);
WELS scheme means the water efficiency labelling and standards scheme established by this Act and corresponding laws;
WELS standard, in relation to a WELS product, means the WELS standard set out for the product in the determination under the Commonwealth Act section 18(1).
(2) A reference in this Act to the Commonwealth Act or to a corresponding State‑Territory law within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act is a reference to that Act or law —
(a) as amended and in force for the time being; and
(b) as re‑enacted (and, if subsequently amended, as amended) and in force for the time being.
(3) In this Act a fine expressed as a number of penalty units is a fine of the amount calculated in accordance with the following formula —
where —
A is that number of penalty units; and
B is the amount (in dollars) that is for the time being a penalty unit under section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914 of the Commonwealth.
Note for this section:
This section differs from the Commonwealth Act section 7.
Part 3 — National WELS scheme
8. WELS scheme to be a national cooperative scheme
It is the intention of the Parliament that this Act form a part of a cooperative scheme between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories to provide for national water efficiency labelling and standards.
9. Application of this Act
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act includes a provision about the application of that Act.
10. Relationship to other State laws
The provisions of this Act are in addition to, and do not limit or derogate from, the provisions of any other written law.
11. State and Territory laws may operate concurrently
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act includes a provision allowing State laws to operate concurrently with that Act.
12. Meaning of "corresponding law"
For the purposes of this Act —
corresponding law means —
(a) the Commonwealth Act; or
(b) a corresponding State‑Territory law within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act, other than this Act.
13. Commonwealth consent to conferral of functions etc. on the Regulator or inspectors by corresponding laws
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 13 provides Commonwealth consent to the conferral of functions or powers, or the imposition of duties, on the Regulator or WELS inspectors by corresponding State‑Territory laws.
14. How duty is imposed by corresponding laws
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 14 deals with the imposing of duties on the Regulator or WELS inspectors by corresponding State‑Territory laws.
15. When a corresponding State‑Territory law imposes a duty
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 15 provides a definition of the phrase "imposes a duty" for the purposes of sections 13 and 14 of that Act.
16. No doubling up of liabilities
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 16 avoids the doubling up of liabilities under this Act and the Commonwealth Act. In this State the Sentencing Act 1995 section 11(2) operates so that a person who has been sentenced for an offence under the Commonwealth Act cannot be sentenced for the corresponding offence under this Act.
17. Review of decisions under this Act
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 17 provides for the review of State‑Territory decisions by the AAT. The review of decisions under this Act is dealt with in section 72.
Part 4 — WELS products and WELS standards
18. WELS products
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 18 enables the Commonwealth Minister to determine that water‑use or water‑saving products are WELS products and set out the WELS standard for the products.
19. WELS standards
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 19 states what must be set out in WELS standards and enables WELS standards to require products to be registered, and registered products to be WELS‑labelled, for the purposes of specified supplies of the product.
20. Meaning of WELS labelled
(1) A product is WELS labelled if it is labelled in accordance with requirements set out in the WELS standard for products of that kind.
(2) Such requirements may relate to one or more of the following —
(a) the characteristics, contents, placement and quality of labels attached to products or displayed on product packaging;
(b) documents or other material used for, or provided in connection with, the supply of the product;
(c) advertising the product.
Part 5 — The WELS Regulator
21. The Regulator
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 21 appoints the Secretary of the Department of State of the Commonwealth that deals with the matters to which the Commonwealth Act relates as the Regulator.
22. Functions of the Regulator
The Regulator has the following functions —
(a) to administer the WELS scheme;
(b) to undertake or commission research in relation to water use and water saving products;
(c) to provide advice in relation to determining that water use or water saving products are WELS products;
(d) to undertake or commission research in relation to WELS standards;
(e) to assist in the development of WELS standards;
(f) to provide information and advice to the Minister about the operation of WELS standards;
(g) to provide information and advice to —
(i) the Minister;
(ii) the agency principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act; and
(iii) the public,
about the operation of the WELS scheme;
(h) to undertake or commission research in relation to the effectiveness of WELS standards in relation to reducing water usage;
(i) such other functions as are conferred on the Regulator by this Act, the regulations or any other law.
23. Powers of the Regulator
Subject to this Act, the Regulator has power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of the Regulator's functions.
24. Arrangements with other agencies
The Regulator may make an arrangement with an agency of the State for the services of officers or employees of the agency to be made available to assist the Regulator in the performance of the functions or duties, or the exercise of the powers, of the Regulator.
25. Delegation
(1) The Regulator may, by writing, delegate one or more of the Regulator's powers or functions under this Act to one or more of the following —
(a) an officer or employee of an agency of the State;
(b) an officer or employee of an agency of the Commonwealth;
(c) an officer or employee of an agency of another State or a Territory.
(2) However, the Regulator must not delegate a power or function, under subsection (1), to an officer or employee of an agency of the State without the agreement of the State.
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 25(3) states that a delegate of the Regulator "is, in the exercise of the delegate's delegated powers and functions, subject to the Regulator's directions". In this State the Interpretation Act 1984 section 59(1)(b) states that a delegation under a written law "may be made subject to such conditions, qualifications, limitations or exceptions as the person so delegating may specify".
Part 6 — Registration of WELS products
26. Applying for registration
(1) The manufacturer of a WELS product may apply in writing to the Regulator for registration of the product.
Notes for this subsection:
1. A WELS standard may require products to be registered for the purposes of specified supplies: see the Commonwealth Act section 19(2). It is an offence to supply an unregistered product if the product is required to be registered for the purposes of the supply: see section 33.
However, if a WELS standard permits a product to be registered for the purposes of specified supplies and such a product is registered despite not being required to, WELS labelling requirements may apply: see the Commonwealth Act section 19(4). It is an offence to supply a product that is not WELS labelled if WELS labelling requirements apply: see section 34.
2. Section 39A provides offences in relation to false or misleading statements.
(2) A person who is not the manufacturer of a WELS product is taken to be the manufacturer of the product for the purposes of subsection (1) and section 31(3)(b) if that person would be taken to be the manufacturer of the product for the purposes of the Commonwealth Act sections 26(1) and 31(3)(b).
Note for this subsection:
This section differs from the Commonwealth Act section 26.
27. Documentation etc. to be provided with application for registration
(1) An application for registration of a WELS product must be made in the manner and form determined in writing by the Commonwealth Minister under the Commonwealth Act section 27(1), and must be accompanied by —
(a) any documentation (including test results and sample labels) specified in the determination; and
(b) any registration fee specified in the determination.
(2) A determination referred to in subsection (1) may also specify conditions that must be complied with in order for a product to remain registered.
Note for this section:
This section differs from the Commonwealth Act section 27.
28. Registration of products
(1) If —
(a) an application is made for registration of a WELS product; and
(b) the Regulator does not refuse to register the product under section 29,
the Regulator must, by notice published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, register the product.
(2) The Regulator must give the applicant written notice of the registration or refusal.
(3) If, at the end of the period of 3 months that begins on the day on which the application is made —
(a) a notice registering the product has not been published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette; and
(b) the applicant has not been notified, under subsection (2), that the Regulator has refused to register the product,
the Regulator is taken to have refused to register the product.
29. Grounds for refusing to register
The Regulator may refuse to register a WELS product if —
(a) the application is not made in accordance with the applicable determination under the Commonwealth Act section 27(1);
(b) the Regulator is not satisfied that all of the information provided in the application is accurate; or
(c) the product does not satisfy a minimum water efficiency or minimum general performance requirement that the product is required to satisfy by the WELS standard for products of that kind.
30. Period of registration
(1) Unless subsection (2) applies, a WELS product that is registered remains registered until the first of the following happens —
(a) the registration is cancelled or suspended under section 31;
(b) the period of 5 years that begins on the day on which the product is registered ends.
(2) If —
(a) a WELS product is registered under a WELS standard (the first WELS standard); and
(b) the first WELS standard is replaced,
the product remains registered under the first WELS standard until the first of the following happens —
(c) the product is registered under a WELS standard other than the first WELS standard;
(d) the period of one year that begins on the day on which the first WELS standard was replaced ends.
(3) If the Commonwealth Minister, by writing, determines that, for specified purposes, the period of one year mentioned in the Commonwealth Act section 30(2)(d) is extended by a further specified period, the period of one year mentioned in subsection (2)(d) of this section is extended for the same purposes by the same further period.
31. Cancelling or suspending registration
(1) The Regulator may, by notice published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, cancel or suspend the registration of a WELS product if —
(a) registration conditions are not complied with (see section 27(2)); or
(b) the Regulator is satisfied that information provided in the application for registration of the product —
(i) was not accurate at the time of the application; or
(ii) is no longer accurate because changes have been made to the product.
(2) If the Regulator cancels or suspends the registration of a WELS product under subsection (1), the Regulator must give written notice of the cancellation or suspension to the person on whose application the product was registered.
(3) The Regulator must, by notice published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, cancel the registration of a WELS product if —
(a) the WELS standard included in the most recent determination made under the Commonwealth Act section 18(1) that relates to products of that kind does not require the product to be registered; and
(b) the manufacturer on whose application the product was registered makes a written request to the Regulator for the registration to be cancelled.
Part 7 — Offences relating to the supply of WELS products
Division 1 — Applicable WELS standards
32. Meaning of applicable WELS standard
(1) The applicable WELS standard for a WELS product that is registered is the WELS standard under which the product is registered.
(2) The applicable WELS standard for a WELS product that is not registered is the WELS standard included in the most recent determination made under the Commonwealth Act section 18(1) that relates to products of that kind.
Division 2 — Registration and labelling
33. Registration requirement
A person commits an offence if —
(a) the person supplies a WELS product;
(b) the applicable WELS standard requires the product to be registered for the purposes of the supply; and
(c) the product is not registered.
Penalty: a fine of 60 penalty units.
34. Labelling registered products
A person commits an offence if —
(a) the person supplies a WELS product;
(b) the product is registered;
(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.
Penalty: a fine of 60 penalty units.
Division 3 — Minimum efficiency and performance requirements
35. Minimum water efficiency — products required to be registered
A person commits an offence if —
(a) the person supplies a WELS product;
(b) the applicable WELS standard requires the product —
(i) to be registered for the purposes of the supply; and
(ii) to comply with minimum water efficiency requirements for the purposes of the supply;
and
(c) the product does not comply with those minimum water efficiency requirements.
Penalty: a fine of 60 penalty units.
36. Minimum general performance — products required to be registered
A person commits an offence if —
(a) the person supplies a WELS product;
(b) the applicable WELS standard requires the product —
(i) to be registered for the purposes of the supply; and
(ii) to comply with minimum general performance requirements for the purposes of the supply;
and
(c) the product does not comply with those minimum general performance requirements.
Penalty: a fine of 60 penalty units.
Division 4 — Misuse of WELS standards etc.
37. Misuse of WELS standards and information
A person commits an offence if the person —
(a) supplies a WELS product;
(b) uses a WELS standard, or information included in a WELS standard, for, or in relation to, the supply of the product; and
(c) uses the standard, or information, in a manner that is inconsistent with the standard.
Penalty: a fine of 60 penalty units.
38. Information inconsistent with WELS standards
A person commits an offence if —
(a) the person uses information for, or in relation to, the supply of a WELS product; and
(b) the information is inconsistent with the information contained in the applicable WELS standard for the product.
Penalty: a fine of 60 penalty units.
39. Using information in the supply of products
(1) For the purposes of sections 37 and 38, information is used for, or in relation to, the supply of a product if the information is conveyed on, or by —
(a) a label attached to the product;
(b) the packaging in which the product is supplied;
(c) any document or other material used for, or provided in connection with, the supply of the product; or
(d) any advertising that relates to the product.
(2) Subsection (1) does not limit the general meaning of words used in sections 37 and 38.
Division 5 — False or misleading information or document
39A. False or misleading information or document
A person must not —
(a) in connection with an application made to the Regulator under this Act; or
(b) in compliance or purported compliance with this Act (other than Part 9 Division 4),
do either of the following —
(c) give information (whether orally or in writing) that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular;
(d) produce a document that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular without —
(i) indicating to the person to whom the document is produced that it is false or misleading, and the respect in which it is false or misleading; and
(ii) providing correct information to that person, if the person producing the document is in possession of, or can reasonably acquire, the correct information.
Penalty: a fine of 60 penalty units or imprisonment for one year.
Note for this section:
This section does not appear in the Commonwealth Act but provisions to the same effect (except as to penalty) are included in Part 7.4 of the Criminal Code of the Commonwealth.
Part 8 — Other enforcement
Division 1 — Infringement notices
40. Infringement notices
(1) A WELS inspector who has reason to believe that a person has committed a prescribed offence under Part 7 Division 2, 3 or 4 may, not more than 12 months after the alleged offence is believed to have been committed, give an infringement notice to the alleged offender.
(2) An offence cannot be prescribed under this section if it is punishable by imprisonment.
Note for this section:
This section differs from the Commonwealth Act section 40.
40A. Content of notice
(1) An infringement notice is to be in the prescribed form and is to —
(a) contain a description of the alleged offence;
(b) advise that if the alleged offender does not wish to have a charge of the alleged offence heard and determined by a court, the amount of money specified in the notice as being the modified penalty for the offence may be paid to the Regulator within a period of 28 days after the giving of the notice; and
(c) inform the alleged offender as to how and where the modified penalty may be paid.
(2) In an infringement notice the amount specified as being the modified penalty for the offence referred to in the notice is to be the amount that was the prescribed modified penalty at the time the alleged offence is believed to have been committed.
(3) The modified penalty that may be prescribed for an offence is not to exceed 20% of the maximum penalty that could be imposed for that offence by a court.
Note for this section:
This section does not appear in the Commonwealth Act.
[Section 40A amended: No. 17 of 2014 s. 10.]
40B. Extension of time
The Regulator may, in a particular case, extend the period of 28 days within which the modified penalty may be paid and the extension may be allowed whether or not the period of 28 days has elapsed.
Note for this section:
This section does not appear in the Commonwealth Act.
40C. Withdrawal of notice
(1) The Regulator may, whether or not the modified penalty has been paid, withdraw an infringement notice by sending to the alleged offender a notice in the prescribed form stating that the infringement notice has been withdrawn.
(2) If an infringement notice is withdrawn after the modified penalty has been paid, the amount is to be refunded.
Note for this section:
This section does not appear in the Commonwealth Act.
40D. Benefit of paying modified penalty
(1) Subsection (2) applies if the modified penalty specified in an infringement notice has been paid within 28 days or such further time as is allowed and the notice has not been withdrawn.
(2) If this subsection applies it prevents the bringing of proceedings and the imposition of penalties to the same extent that they would be prevented if the alleged offender had been convicted by a court of, and punished for, the alleged offence.
(3) Payment of a modified penalty is not to be regarded as an admission for the purposes of any proceedings, whether civil or criminal.
Note for this section:
This section does not appear in the Commonwealth Act.
40E. Application of penalties collected
An amount paid as a modified penalty is, subject to section 40C(2), to be dealt with as if it were a penalty imposed by a court as a penalty for an offence.
Note for this section:
This section does not appear in the Commonwealth Act.
40F. Production of identity card
A WELS inspector is to produce the identity card issued to the inspector under section 46 whenever required to do so by a person to whom an infringement notice has been or is about to be given.
Note for this section:
This section does not appear in the Commonwealth Act.
Division 2 — Publicising offences
41. Regulator may publicise offences
(1) The Regulator may publicise, in any way the Regulator thinks appropriate, an offence against this Act for which a person has been convicted.
(2) This Division does not —
(a) limit the Regulator's powers to publicise an offence against this Act;
(b) prevent anyone else from publicising an offence against this Act; or
(c) affect any obligation (however imposed) on anyone to publicise an offence against this Act.
Division 3 — Enforceable undertakings
42. Acceptance of undertakings
(1) The Regulator may accept a written undertaking given by a person in connection with a matter relating to —
(a) complying with a WELS standard; or
(b) complying with a registration condition (see section 27(2)).
(2) The person may withdraw or vary the undertaking at any time, but only with the consent of the Regulator.
43. Enforcement of undertakings
(1) If the Regulator considers that a person who gave an undertaking under section 42 has breached any of its terms, the Regulator may apply to the Supreme Court for an order under subsection (2).
(2) If the Supreme Court is satisfied that the person has breached a term of the undertaking, the Court may make one or more of the following orders —
(a) an order directing the person to comply with that term of the undertaking;
(b) an order directing the person to pay to the State an amount up to the amount of any financial benefit that the person has obtained directly or indirectly and that is reasonably attributable to the breach;
(c) any order that the Court considers appropriate directing the person to compensate any other person who has suffered loss or damage as a result of the breach;
(d) any other order that the Court considers appropriate.
Note for this section:
The Commonwealth Act section 43 confers a similar power to enforce unde
