{"id":"F2022L00826","name":"Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Security Industry) Determination 2022","slug":"automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-security-industry","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441413,"registerId":"F2022L00826-fast-fetch-1775956717461","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—Security Industry) 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—Security Industry) Determination 2022\n\nI, Shane Rattenbury, Attorney-General, make the following determination.\n\nDated  22 June 2022  \n\nShane Rattenbury\n\nAttorney-General\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—Security Industry) 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 The whole of this instrument 1 July 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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, under a registration, means an activity authorised to be carried on under the registration under the Security Industry 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\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change who may claim automatic deemed registration under the Mutual Recognition Act; it adds a procedural pre‑start notification requirement to the ACT regulator for covered security activities (see simplified outline at s 4 and the notification requirement at s 6)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrow obligation: one procedural duty to notify before commencing a covered activity (s 6).","Reliance on definitions and other statutes: meaning of covered activity and mutual recognition sourced from the Security Industry Act 2003 (ACT) and the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Commonwealth) (s 5; s 3).","Timing and commencement rules are set out but routine (commencement 1 July 2022) (s 2).","Sunset mechanism links to Legislation Act timing (s 4), adding a temporal reference point rather than operational complexity.","Low administrative discretion stated: duty is mandatory and procedural, with enforcement/penalties governed by the underlying Acts rather than this instrument (s 6).","Cross‑jurisdictional interaction raises compliance steps for businesses operating interstate (automatic mutual recognition relies on Commonwealth Act)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination requires anyone relying on automatic deemed registration under the Commonwealth Mutual Recognition Act to carry on a security‑industry activity in the Australian Capital Territory to notify the local registration authority before they begin. It affects individuals and businesses authorised by an ACT security registration, places the immediate compliance cost on the person who must notify, leaves eligibility for mutual recognition unchanged, and gives the ACT Commissioner for Fair Trading a simple prior‑notice mechanism to record entrants."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","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 automatic mutual recognition in the ACT security industry. It does not expand beyond the specific power granted by subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument: only 6 sections spanning approximately 1 page","Minimal defined terms: only 3 definitions (Act, covered activity, local registration authority)","Single operative provision (section 6) with straightforward obligation","No cross-references beyond citation of empowering provision (Mutual Recognition Act 1992, subsection 42J(4))","No exceptions, conditions, or nested logic","Purpose clearly stated in simplified outline (section 4)"],"plain_english_summary":"This rule requires security workers who rely on automatic mutual recognition to work in the ACT to notify the ACT Commissioner for Fair Trading before they start. They are not waiting for approval, but must give a heads-up.\n\nIt affects out‑of‑territory licensed security workers and the Commissioner, enabling local oversight while preserving cross‑jurisdictional work mobility."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-security-industry","history":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-security-industry/history","analysis":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-security-industry/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-security-industry/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-security-industry/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-security-industry/documents"}}