AS / NZS 6400:2016 Water Efficient Products - Rating and Labelling - Australian Government

Description

You will be required to comply with this standard if you intend to manufacture or supply a product to which the Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme applies (a WELS product). WELS products include:

  • showers
  • dishwashers
  • clothes washing machines
  • lavatory equipment
  • urinal equipment
  • tap equipment
  • flow controllers.

These products must be registered for supply as a new product. This standard specifies requirements for the rating of products for water efficiency, and includes the associated registration, labelling and, where applicable, minimum performance requirements. It provides the basis for the star ratings and water consumption and flow displayed on the WELS label.

Service type

Code of Practice

A code of practice is a set of rules which details how people in a certain industry should behave. A code of practice can be defined as a result of legislation or by industry regulators and bodies.

Other resources

Task Business Structure Resources
Comply Company, Co-operative, Other, Partnership, Sole Trader AS / NZS 6400:2016 Water Efficient Products - Rating and Labelling (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 Australian Government

Regulation(s) name

Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Determination (No.2) 2013 Australian Government

Administering agency

Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.