{"id":"F2022L00735","name":"Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Surveyor) Determination 2022","slug":"automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-surveyor-determin","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441390,"registerId":"F2022L00735-fast-fetch-1775956695810","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—Surveyor) 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—Surveyor) Determination 2022\n\nI, Mick Gentleman, Minister for Minister for Planning and Land Management, make the following determination.\n\nDated 27/5/2022   \n\nMick Gentleman  \n\nMinister for Minister for Planning and Land Management\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—Surveyor) 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 The whole of this instrument 1 July 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Surveyors Act 2007 of the Australian Capital Territory authorised to be carried on under a registration under that Act.\n\nlocal registration authority means the Surveyor-General established under the Surveyors Act 2007 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_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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive scope of who may practise as a surveyor under the Surveyors Act. It imposes a procedural obligation — a notification to the Surveyor‑General before beginning to rely on automatic deemed registration — without expanding or narrowing the classes of covered activity or altering registration criteria (s4–s6)."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive obligation: a pre‑start notification requirement for covered activities (s6).","Cross‑statutory references: instrument is made under Mutual Recognition Act s42J(4) (s3) and relies on definitions in the Surveyors Act for the scope of 'covered activity' and 'local registration authority' (s5).","Procedural gaps: method, form, timing beyond 'before' and consequences of non‑notification are not specified here, creating administrative-implementation ambiguity (s6).","Administrative discretion/role: notification is directed to the Surveyor‑General as local registration authority, but no process for acknowledgment, verification or enforcement is set out (s5, s6).","Temporal limitation: the instrument will sunset under the Legislation Act regime as described in the simplified outline, affecting duration and review cycles (s4).","Limited substantive change: it does not alter registration criteria or professional scope in the Surveyors Act, only the procedural step to be taken when relying on automatic deemed registration (s4, s5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination requires people who intend to rely on automatic deemed registration under the Commonwealth Mutual Recognition Act to carry on surveyor activities in the ACT to notify the local registration authority (the Surveyor‑General) before starting work (s6). It does not change who may be registered under the Surveyors Act; it imposes a pre‑start administrative notification, shifting the compliance cost to the person and the record‑keeping duty to the Surveyor‑General (s4–s6)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow function it was designed for under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992: imposing a notification requirement for a specific occupation (surveyor) in a specific jurisdiction (ACT). It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 6 sections spanning approximately 1 page","Only 3 defined terms in section 5 (Act, covered activity, local registration authority)","Single operative provision (section 6) with straightforward command structure","No cross-references beyond the enabling Act subsection and basic sunset provision","No exceptions, conditions, or nested logic — just a simple 'must notify' requirement","Purpose clearly stated in simplified outline (section 4)"],"plain_english_summary":"A short ACT rule lets surveyors already registered in another Australian jurisdiction rely on automatic mutual recognition to work in the ACT without a separate licence. It adds one step: before practising under that scheme, out‑of‑state surveyors must notify the ACT Surveyor‑General.\n\nThis keeps cross‑jurisdictional mobility simple while giving the ACT oversight of who is practising locally."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-surveyor-determin","history":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-surveyor-determin/history","analysis":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-surveyor-determin/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-surveyor-determin/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-surveyor-determin/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-surveyor-determin/documents"}}