4Interpretation

4 Interpretation

(1)  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 regulations of the Commonwealth:

(a) [Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 8 of 2025, s. 34, Applied:14 Oct 2024] the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (excluding Part 7) ;

(b) the Freedom of Information Act 1982;

(c) the Ombudsman Act 1976;

(d) the Privacy Act 1988;

(e) the regulations in force under any of those Acts;

Commonwealth Regulator means the WELS Regulator appointed under the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 of the Commonwealth;

Commonwealth water efficiency laws means –

(a) the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 of the Commonwealth; and

(b) all regulations, guidelines, principles, standards and codes of practice in force under that Act;

function includes duty;

modify includes add to, omit and substitute;

offence includes a civil breach that gives rise to a civil penalty.

(2)  If an expression is defined in the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 of the Commonwealth 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.