Appendix A Schedule of Infringement Penalty Amounts under the Commonwealth WELS Act Amounts in Table 1 are based on $180 per penalty unit (pu). The pu amount is periodically raised in accordance with section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914. The Section references in the first column in the table align with the Commonwealth WELS Act and may not align with the State and Territory WELS Acts. Table 1 Schedule of Infringement Penalty Amounts under the Commonwealth WELS Act Section of Description Maximum penalty for Maximum penalty under the the WELS infringement notice WELS Act Act natural body corporate natural body person person corporate (see Commonwealth WELS Act for full descriptions) (for civil penalties only) 32A Providing misleading 6 pu 30 pu 60 pu 300pu information or a misleading $1080 $5400 $10800 $54000 document for an application for registration 33 Supplying unregistered WELS 6 pu 30 pu 60 pu 300pu products $1080 $5400 $10800 $54000 34 Supplying WELS products 6 pu 30 pu 60 pu 300pu that are not WELS labelled $1080 $5400 $10800 $54000 35 Supplying WELS products 6 pu 30 pu 60 pu that do not comply with $1080 $5400 $10800 minimum water efficiency requirements 36 Supplying WELS products 6 pu 30 pu 60 pu that do not comply with $1080 $5400 $10800 $54000 minimum general performance requirements 37 Using the standard, or 6 pu 30 pu 60 pu 300pu information, in a way that is $1080 $5400 $10800 $54000 inconsistent with the standard 37A WELS-labelling products that 6 pu 30 pu 60 pu are not WELS products $1080 $5400 $10800 $54000 38 Using information 6 pu 30 pu 60 pu 300pu inconsistent with the $1080 $5400 $54000 information contained in the applicable WELS standard for the product 43A Failing to comply with a 3 pu 15 pu 30 pu 150 pu notice requiring a compliance $540 $2700 $5400 $27000 audit 43B Failing to comply with a 3 pu 15 pu 30 pu 150 pu notice to take remedial action $540 $2700 $5400 $27000
Appendix A Schedule of Infringement Penalty Amounts under the Commonwealth WELS Act Amounts in Table 1 are based on $180 per penalty unit (pu). The pu amount is periodically raised in accordance with section 4AA of the Crimes Act 1914. The Section references in the first column in the table align with the Commonwealth WELS Act and may not align with the State and Territory WELS Acts. Table 1 Schedule of Infringement Penalty Amounts under the Commonwealth WELS Act Section of the WELS Act Description (see Commonwealth WELS Act for full descriptions) Maximum penalty for infringement notice Maximum penalty under the WELS Act natural person body corporate natural person body corporate (for civil penalties only) 32A Providing misleading information or a misleading document for an application for registration 6 pu $1080 30 pu $5400 60 pu $10800 300pu $54000 33 Supplying unregistered WELS products 6 pu $1080 30 pu $5400 60 pu $10800 300pu $54000 34 Supplying WELS products that are not WELS labelled 6 pu $1080 30 pu $5400 60 pu $10800 300pu $54000 35 Supplying WELS products that do not comply with minimum water efficiency requirements 6 pu $1080 30 pu $5400 60 pu $10800 36 Supplying WELS products that do not comply with minimum general performance requirements 6 pu $1080 30 pu $5400 60 pu $10800 $54000 37 Using the standard, or information, in a way that is inconsistent with the standard 6 pu $1080 30 pu $5400 60 pu $10800 300pu $54000 37A WELS-labelling products that are not WELS products 6 pu $1080 30 pu $5400 60 pu $10800 $54000 38 Using information inconsistent with the information contained in the applicable WELS standard for the product 6 pu $1080 30 pu $5400 60 pu 300pu $54000 43A Failing to comply with a notice requiring a compliance audit 3 pu $540 15 pu $2700 30 pu $5400 150 pu $27000 43B Failing to comply with a notice to take remedial action 3 pu $540 15 pu $2700 30 pu $5400 150 pu $27000
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