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Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2014.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Northern Territory
Document type
Legislation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to apply as a law of the Territory a national law relating to water efficiency labelling and standards, and for related purposes.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Institution Water charges Royalties/fees Offences/penalties Governance Standards
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

The purpose of this Act, consisting of 21 sections divided into seven Parts, is to adopt in the Territory a uniform national approach to the regulation of water efficiency labelling and standards. This Act: (a) applies the Commonwealth water efficiency laws as a law of the Territory; and (b) makes provision to enable the Commonwealth water efficiency laws and the applied provisions to be administered on a uniform basis by the Commonwealth as if they constituted a single law of the Commonwealth. The Act is divided as follows: Preliminary matters (Part 1); Applied provisions (Part 2); Functions and powers under applied provisions (Part 3); Offences (Part 4); Administrative laws (Part 5); Miscellaneous matters (Part 6); Repeal and transitional matters (Part 7).

Full text
English
Website
legislation.nt.gov.au

References - Legislation

Repeals

Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2006 (Act No. 30).

Legislation | Australia | 2006 (2011)

Keyword: Water shortage/drought, Data collection/reporting, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Water quality standards, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX