Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (Registration Fees) Determination 2013

law://au/li/2013/f2013l01575@2026-11-12

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1Name of determination#

This determination is the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (Registration Fees) Determination 2013.

3Authority#

This determination is made under the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (Registration Fees) Act 2013.

4Definitions#

In this determination:

Act means the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (Registration Fees) Act 2013.

charging year means a period of 12 months starting on 15 September.

minor product has the same meaning as in the WELS Determination.

WELS Determination means the legislative instrument made under section 26 of the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 as in force from time to time.

5Registration fees#

(1)The fee payable for an application to register a WELS product, whether a new registration or a registration for a further period, is:

(a)for the first application by a person in a charging year—the fee worked out under subsection (2) for the number of products that the person is applying to register; and

(b)for subsequent applications by the person in the same charging year—the difference between:

(i)the fee worked out under subsection (2) for the total number of products the person has applied to register during the charging year including the current application; and

(ii)the fee worked out under subsection (2) for the total number of products the person has applied to register in previous applications during the charging year.

(2)The fee for a number (the relevant number) of products is to be worked out as follows:

(a)the fee is the fee set out in Schedule 1 for the relevant number of products for the specified charging year;

(b)on and after 15 September 2030, the fee for the relevant number of products set out in Schedule 1 is indexed in accordance with section 6 of this instrument.

Minor products

(3)If the fee is to be worked out for a number of products that consists of 2 or more minor products, or 2 or more minor products and a product that is not a minor product, the relevant number of products for the purposes of subsection (2) is taken to be the number worked out as follows:

(a)on and after 15 September 2026 until 14 September 2027, divide the number of minor products by 10 and round the result up to the nearest whole number;

(b)on and after 15 September 2027, divide the number of minor products by 5 and round the result up to the nearest whole number;

(c)add the result of either paragraph (a) or (b) (as applicable) to the number of products that are not minor products (if any).

6Indexation#

(1)If a provision of this instrument states that the fee is to be indexed in accordance with this section, then at the start of each charging year beginning on or after 15 September 2030, the fee for the relevant number of products set out in Schedule 1 is worked out using the following formula:

(2)The indexation factor for a charging year is the number worked out using the following formula:

where:

base month means the December before the reference month.

base quarter means the December quarter before the reference quarter.

consumer price index number means the All Groups Consumer Price Index number for Australia published by the Australian Statistician for that month.

reference month means the December immediately before the charging year.

reference quarter means the December quarter immediately before the charging year.

wage price index number means all sectors Australia Wage Price Index number published by the Australian Statistician for that quarter.

(3)If the fee worked out under subsection (1) is not a multiple of $10, the amount should be rounded to the nearest multiple of $10.

Schedule 1 · Application fees

Note: See section 5

Application fees for products
Item	Number of products	Fee for charging year
		2026 Fee ($)	2027 Fee ($)	2028 Fee ($)	2029 Fee ($)
1	1 to 5	920	1,000	1,110	1,210
2	6 to 10	1,680	1,830	2,030	2,210
3	11 to 20	2,590	2,830	3,140	3,420
4	21 to 30	3,810	4,170	4,620	5,030
5	31 to 40	5,030	5,500	6,100	6,640
6	41 to 50	6,250	6,840	7,580	8,250
7	51 to 75	8,540	9,340	10,350	11,260
8	76 to 100	11,440	12,500	13,870	15,080
9	101 to 150	15,250	16,670	18,490	20,110
10	151 to 200	19,830	21,670	24,040	26,140
11	201 to 250	24,400	26,680	29,580	32,180
12	251 to 300	28,980	31,680	35,130	38,210
13	301 to 350	33,550	36,680	40,680	44,240
14	351 to 400	38,130	41,680	46,230	50,280
15	401 to 450	42,700	46,680	51,770	56,310
16	451 to 500	47,280	51,690	57,320	62,340
17	501 to 750	57,190	62,520	69,340	75,410
18	751 to 1000	79,310	86,700	96,150	104,570
19	1001 to 1500	114,390	125,050	138,680	150,830
20	1501 to 2000	149,470	163,390	181,210	197,080
21	more than2000	184,550	201,740	223,730	243,330

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Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (Registration Fees) Determination 2013

Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (Registration Fees) Determination 2013

1Name of determination#

3Authority#

4Definitions#

5Registration fees#

Minor products

6Indexation#

Schedule 1 · Application fees

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3Authority#

4Definitions#

5Registration fees#

Minor products

6Indexation#

Schedule 1 · Application fees

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