{"id":"F2022L00380","name":"Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement— Domestic Animals) Determination 2022","slug":"automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-domestic-animals-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441287,"registerId":"F2022L00380-fast-fetch-1775956630285","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— Domestic Animals) 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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nAutomatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Domestic Animals) Determination 2022\n\nI, Chris Steel, Minister for Transport and City Services, make the following determination.\n\nDated 23 March 2022   \n\nChris Steel  \n\nMinister for Transport and City Services, Australian Capital Territory\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— Domestic Animals) 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 The whole of this instrument 1 July 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 mentioned in the Domestic Animals Act 2000 of the Australian Capital Territory authorised to be carried on under an\n\na)      assistance animal trainer registration, or\n\nb)      assistance animal assessor registration\n\nunder that Act.\n\nlocal registration authority means the Registrar of Domestic Animal Services established under the Domestic Animals Act 2000 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":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter which activities are regulated; it adds a procedural pre‑commencement notification requirement for persons relying on automatic deemed registration in respect of assistance-animal trainer or assessor activities. No substantive registration criteria or broader regulatory powers are created or removed by the instrument (see ss4–6)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow subject-matter: applies only to 'covered activity' defined as assistance animal trainer or assessor registrations under the ACT Domestic Animals Act (s5).","Single, clear procedural obligation: a pre‑commencement notification to the local registration authority (s6).","Cross‑legislative reliance: depends on the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 for operation and the Domestic Animals Act 2000 for scope of covered activities (ss3, 5).","Temporal limit: instrument is subject to sunset under the Legislation Act timetable (s4), which affects planning horizons.","Limited operational detail: the instrument mandates notice but does not prescribe form, content, or timing specifics for the notification, leaving implementation to the Registrar.","Low interpretive complexity due to concise definitions and a single requirement, but potential compliance risk if persons omit notification before relying on deemed registration."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination obliges people who plan to rely on automatic deemed registration under the Commonwealth Mutual Recognition Act to notify the ACT Registrar of Domestic Animal Services before they start certain covered activities — specifically assistance-animal trainer or assessor activities regulated by the ACT Domestic Animals Act. It commenced on 1 July 2022 and is subject to the usual sunset timetable under the Legislation Act."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly scoped to its original purpose. It implements a specific notification requirement for a specific sector (assistance animal trainers/assessors) under a specific Commonwealth scheme (Automatic Mutual Recognition). There is no evidence of scope creep; the instrument does exactly what its title and simplified outline describe."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 6 sections spanning approximately 1 page","Only 3 defined terms ('Act', 'covered activity', 'local registration authority')","Single operative provision (section 6) with straightforward obligation","No cross-references beyond the empowering Commonwealth Act and the ACT Domestic Animals Act 2000","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Clear linear structure: name, commencement, authority, outline, definitions, then operative provision"],"plain_english_summary":"This law implements the national automatic mutual recognition scheme in the ACT for assistance animal trainers and assessors: people already registered in another state or territory can work in the ACT without a new local registration, but must give notice to the ACT Registrar of Domestic Animal Services before starting. It’s a low-burden safeguard so the ACT can track who is operating here for oversight."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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