8Design standards

8 Design standards

8 Design standards

(1) The regulations may prescribe design standards for an item for environmental, human health or economic reasons, including the following—

(a) promoting waste avoidance and reducing the likely end-of-life impact of the item on the environment,

(b) increasing the potential for, or reducing barriers to, the re-use, recovery, recycling, processing or reprocessing of an item,

(c) increasing the use of recycled material in the manufacturing or production of an item,

(d) reducing the impact of the production, use, processing or reprocessing of an item on the environment,

(e) reducing the unnecessary or inefficient use of materials in an item,

(f) increasing the energy or resource efficiency of an item,

(g) prohibiting, preventing or reducing the use of an item that may result in a risk to human health or the environment, including by applying the precautionary principle,

(h) waste management or resource management,

(i) increasing post-consumer collection,

(j) increasing consumer awareness of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a)–(h).

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a design standard may contain requirements for the following—

(a) the composition of an item, including the type or amount of materials or substances that must or must not be included in the item,

(b) the way in which an item must be packaged or labelled,

(c) the way in which an item must be designed, constructed or manufactured,

(d) independent testing and verification to determine compliance with a design standard,

(e) independent testing to determine whether a representation made in relation to an item is accurate.

(3) Schedule 1, Part 2 specifies a design standard.