Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (Queensland) Act 2005

In this Act—applied provisions means the Commonwealth water efficiency laws that apply as a law of this State because of section 6, including any modification under section 7.Commonwealth administrative laws means the following Acts and any regulations in force under those Acts—

the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (Cwlth), other than part 7;

the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cwlth);

the Ombudsman Act 1976 (Cwlth);

the Privacy Act 1988 (Cwlth).

s 5(1) def Commonwealth administrative laws amd 2024 No. 47 s 78 sch 2Commonwealth regulator means the WELS Regulator appointed under the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 (Cwlth).Commonwealth water efficiency laws means—

the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 (Cwlth); and

all regulations, guidelines, principles, standards and codes of practice in force under that Act.

function includes duty.modifications includes additions, omissions and substitutions.

If an expression is defined in the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 (Cwlth) and is also used in this Act, the expression as used in this Act has, unless the contrary intention appears, the same meaning as in that Act.

In this Act, a reference to a Commonwealth Act includes a reference to—

that Commonwealth Act, as amended and in force for the time being; and

an Act enacted in substitution for that Act and, if it is amended, as amended and in force for the time being.