{"id":"F2022L00790","name":"Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Agents) Determination 2022","slug":"automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-agents-determinat","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441404,"registerId":"F2022L00790-fast-fetch-1775956713265","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Agents) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nAutomatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Agents) Determination 2022\n\nI, Shane Rattenbury MLA, Minister for Consumer Affairs, make the following determination.\n\nDated  13 June 2022  \n\nShane Rattenbury MLA \n\nMinister for Consumer Affairs\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Simplified outline of this instrument\n\n5  Definitions\n\n6  Notification requirement\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Agents) Determination 2022.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument 1 July 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.\n\n4  Simplified outline of this instrument\n\nThe purpose of this instrument is to require a person to notify a local registration authority before the person begins to rely on automatic deemed registration under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth to carry on an activity in the Australian Capital Territory to which the determination is to apply.\n\nUnless revoked earlier, this instrument will sunset under section 50 of the Legislation Act 2003 of the Commonwealth (see subsection 42J(5) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth). This will generally mean that this instrument will be repealed on the first 1 April or 1 October falling on or after the tenth anniversary of the registration of the instrument on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\n5  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.\n\ncovered activity means an activity authorised to be carried on under a licence or registration under the Agents Act 2003 of the Australian Capital Territory.\n\nlocal registration authority means the Commissioner for Fair Trading established under the Fair Trading (Australian Consumer Law) Act 1992 of the Australian Capital Territory.\n\n6  Notification requirement\n\n  For subsection 42J(4) of the Act, a person intending to carry on a covered activity in the Australian Capital Territory must notify the local registration authority before the person begins to carry on the activity.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: imposing a notification requirement for automatic mutual recognition of agent occupations in the ACT. It does not expand beyond the specific power granted by subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (6 sections, approximately 1 page)","Only 3 defined terms in section 5","Single operative provision (section 6) with straightforward obligation","No cross-references beyond the enabling legislation citation","No exceptions, conditions, or nested logic","Clear linear structure: name, commencement, authority, outline, definitions, requirement"],"plain_english_summary":"This rule lets people already licensed as real estate, stock and station, or business agents in another Australian state or territory operate in the ACT under the national automatic mutual recognition scheme — but requires them to notify the ACT Commissioner for Fair Trading before they start. It preserves streamlined cross‑border practice while giving the ACT regulator visibility for consumer protection and oversight; it is made under the Commonwealth Mutual Recognition Act 1992 and applies to activities under the ACT Agents Act 2003."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter which activities qualify for automatic mutual recognition; it imposes a procedural requirement for those relying on deemed registration under the Mutual Recognition Act to notify the ACT Commissioner for Fair Trading before commencing activities authorised under the Agents Act 2003 (see sections 5 and 6). It was made under subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act (section 3) and includes a sunset mechanism reference (section 4)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete obligation: a pre‑start notification requirement (section 6).","Narrow subject‑matter: applies only to activities defined as 'covered activity' under the Agents Act 2003 (section 5).","Legal cross‑references: instrument is made under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (section 3) and refers to the Legislation Act sunset mechanism (section 4), so readers must consult other Commonwealth Acts for full effect.","Limited definitional scope: only two key terms defined ('Act', 'covered activity', 'local registration authority') which keeps the instrument short but pushes interpretive detail to the referenced Acts (section 5).","Procedure timing ambiguity: requires notification 'before' beginning the activity but does not specify form, content or timeframe for the notice, creating minor implementation questions (section 6)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument requires anyone who intends to rely on automatic mutual recognition to carry on activities regulated by the Agents Act 2003 in the Australian Capital Territory to notify the Commissioner for Fair Trading before they start. It applies to interstate licensees and others using deemed ACT registration and matters because it creates a mandatory pre‑start administrative step that registers who is operating under mutual recognition and who bears the compliance cost."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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