Explanatory STatement
Issued by the Minister for the Environment and Heritage
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Declaration 2006 (No. 1)
Section 12 of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 (the Act) provides that the Minister may declare that certain laws of a State or Territory, whose operation involves the use of determinations made under section 18 of the Act, correspond to the Act.
The Act specifies no conditions that need to be met before the power to make Declarations may be exercised.
The Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Declaration 2005 (the Declaration) provides that New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory have made laws corresponding to the Act whose operation involves the use of determinations made under Section 18 of the Act.
The Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Declaration
2006 (No. 1) provides that Queensland and South Australia have made corresponding law to the Act whose operation involves the use of determinations made under Section 18 of the Act. The corresponding laws are the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 (Qld) and the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2006 (SA).
Section 1 provides that the name of the Declaration is the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Declaration 2006 (No. 1) (the Declaration).
Section 2 provides that the Declaration takes effect from the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Section 3 provides that Schedule 1 amends the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Declaration 2005 by its substitution.
The Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Declaration 2006 (No. 1) is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 and commenced on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.