Product Emissions Standards Act 2017

This Act creates a framework for regulating emissions from products.

The Act provides for an emissions‑controlled product to be certified. To be certified, the product must meet an emissions standard.

A person who imports or supplies an emissions‑controlled product that is not certified will commit an offence. There are also offences related to false or incorrect marking of products as certified. Civil penalties are included as alternatives to offences.

Products dealt with in breach of the Act are forfeited to the Commonwealth.

The rules may exempt persons or products from the operation of the Act.

Record‑keeping requirements and regulatory powers (mostly drawn from the Regulatory Powers Act) are included to assist in enforcing the Act.

The operation of the Act is to be reviewed periodically.