InkWELS - December 2007
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, December 2007
Whitegoods products - grace period ends 31 December 2007
All clothes washing machines and dishwashers manufactured or imported into Australia on or after 1 July 2006 must be WELS registered and labelled to be legally supplied.
A grace period was established to allow suppliers to sell through stock manufactured or imported before 1 July 2006 (“old stock”).
You are reminded that this grace period ends on 31 December 2007.
As of 1 January 2008, all clothes washing machines and dishwashers*, regardless of their date of manufacture or importation, must be WELS registered and labelled to be legally supplied.
Suppliers are advised to consider undertaking one or more of the following actions in respect to old stock before the 31 December 2007 deadline:
- sell old stock that is not WELS labelled;
- if the models are registered for WELS, place the appropriate WELS labels on the old stock; or
- if the models are not registered for WELS, ensure that they are registered and labelled before the deadline.
You can check whether products are registered at http://search.waterrating.com.au.
If you require further information or assistance, please visit www.waterrating.gov.au, Freecall 1800 803 772 or email WELS@environment.gov.au.
InkWELS is produced periodically to provide information about the WELS Scheme generally. InkWELS is of a general nature only and is not intended to replace detailed information contained in the WELS Standard—AS/NZS 6400:2005 Water efficient products—Rating and labelling. All InkWELS are posted on the WELS website at www.waterrating.gov.au/publications/index.html. Please forward InkWELS to anyone you think may find it useful and encourage them to register to receive updates at www.waterrating.gov.au
If you do not wish to receive emails regarding the WELS Scheme, please send an email to WELS@environment.gov.au.
For more information about any of the information in this publication contact:
Water Efficiency Team
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
GPO Box 787
CANBERRA ACT 2601
WELS@environment.gov.au
www.waterrating.gov.au
Free call 1800 803 772
© Commonwealth of Australia 2007
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