{"id":"F2025L00122","name":"Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Professional Engineers) Determination 2025","slug":"automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-professional-engi","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":105943,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2025L00122-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Professional Engineers) Determination 2025.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 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```html\n

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1. The whole of this instrument

6 March 2025

\n```\n\n> Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Simplified outline of this instrument","content":"#### 4 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.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 5 Definitions\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> Act means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.\n\n> Covered activity means an activity mentioned in the Professional Engineers Act 2023 of the Australian Capital Territory authorised to be carried on under a registration under that Act.\n\n> local registration authority means the Australian Capital Territory Professional Engineers Registrar established under the Professional Engineers Act 2023 of the Australian Capital Territory.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification requirement","content":"#### 6 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.","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: imposing a notification requirement for professional engineers using automatic mutual recognition in the ACT. It does not expand beyond this specific administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument: only 6 sections spanning approximately 1-2 pages","Only 3 defined terms in section 5 (Act, Covered activity, local registration authority)","Single operative provision (section 6) with straightforward obligation: notify before commencing activity","No cross-references beyond the empowering provision (Mutual Recognition Act 1992, subsection 42J(4))","No exceptions, conditions, or nested logic","Standard commencement table and sunset note are boilerplate administrative provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This rule requires engineers who seek to work in the ACT under automatic mutual recognition to notify the ACT Professional Engineers Registrar before they begin. It affects out‑of‑territory professional engineers and the local registrar, adding a light‑touch administrative step so the ACT can track practitioners operating under mutual recognition and maintain oversight and public safety without requiring a new full licence."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No. The instrument does not expand or narrow who may rely on mutual recognition; it imposes a procedural requirement that persons intending to carry on a 'covered activity' in the ACT must notify the ACT Professional Engineers Registrar before commencing that activity (see sections 5–6)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, focused operative requirement: a prior-notification obligation (section 6).","Limited set of defined terms narrow scope to activities regulated by the ACT Professional Engineers Act (section 5).","Instrument depends on and operates within the framework of the Mutual Recognition Act—made under subsection 42J(4) (section 3).","Commencement and sunset mechanics are standard technical provisions (sections 2 and 4).","No procedural detail about how notifications are to be handled is provided, leaving administrative implementation to the local registrar (sections 5–6)."],"plain_english_summary":"Requires people relying on automatic mutual recognition to notify the Australian Capital Territory Professional Engineers Registrar before they begin carrying on covered engineering activities in the ACT. It affects engineers registered interstate who want to practise in the ACT under the Mutual Recognition Act. Mechanically, it adds a single prior-notification compliance step that shifts administrative burden to practitioners and gives the local registrar notice before activities start."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-professional-engi","history":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-professional-engi/history","analysis":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-professional-engi/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-professional-engi/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-professional-engi/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-professional-engi/documents"}}