{"id":"F2021L00868","name":"Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Driller’s Licence) Determination 2021","slug":"automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-driller-s-licence","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440901,"registerId":"F2021L00868-fast-fetch-1775956362043","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—Driller’s Licence) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\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—Driller’s Licence) Determination 2021\n\n \n\nI, Shane Rattenbury, Minister for Water, Energy, and Emissions Reductions make the following determination.\n\nDated 25 June 2021   \n\n![](image.002.png)\n\nShane Rattenbury\n\nMinister for Water, Energy, and Emissions Reductions, 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\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Driller’s Licence) Determination 2021.\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 At the same time as the Mutual Recognition Amendment Act 2021 of the Commonwealth commences.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 driller’s licence under the Water Resources Act 2007 of the Australian Capital Territory.\n\nlocal registration authority means the Environment Protection Authority established under the Environment Protection Act 1997 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\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter who may carry on drilling activities under mutual recognition; it adds a procedural pre‑start notification to the ACT's Environment Protection Authority for activities defined as those authorised by a driller’s licence (s5, s6). It therefore changes process and timing but not substantive coverage or licensing eligibility."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑jurisdictional dependency on the Commonwealth Mutual Recognition Act (authority cited in s3) increases legal interaction complexity.","Definitions link the instrument to ACT statutes: 'covered activity' ties to the Water Resources Act 2007 and 'local registration authority' to the Environment Protection Act 1997 (s5).","Commencement is contingent on the Commonwealth Amendment Act's start date, creating timing/dependency complexity (s2).","A pre‑start notification requirement (timing and proof of notification) creates a straightforward administrative compliance burden and potential risk if incorrectly timed (s6).","Sunset mechanism under the Legislation Act (described in the outline at s4) makes the instrument temporary, affecting planning horizon.","Instrument imposes a procedural obligation (notify) rather than creating or removing substantive licensing rights, limiting discretionary decision‑making by the EPA but shifting compliance responsibility to the individual (s6)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument requires anyone relying on automatic deemed registration under the Commonwealth Mutual Recognition Act to carry out activities authorised by a driller’s licence in the ACT to notify the local registration authority (the Environment Protection Authority) before starting (s6, s5). Its stated purpose is to record intent to operate under mutual recognition; the person who plans to carry on the activity bears the compliance step and timing risk, while the EPA is the notified body (s3, s4)."},"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 driller's licences under the automatic mutual recognition scheme. It does not expand beyond this specific occupational category or add additional regulatory burdens beyond the notification itself."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 6 sections, approximately 1 page)","Only 3 defined terms in section 5","Single operative provision (section 6) with straightforward obligation","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","Minimal cross-referencing (only references to parent Act and one ACT statute)","Clear, direct language with simplified outline provided"],"plain_english_summary":"Under the national automatic mutual recognition scheme, drillers who hold a licence from another Australian state or territory may work in the ACT without first obtaining an ACT licence, but must notify the ACT Environment Protection Authority before starting work. This notification lets the regulator track and oversee drilling activity for environmental and water protection; the rule expires automatically after 10 years."},"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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