{"id":"F2022L00788","name":"Automatic Mutual Recognition (Australian Capital Territory) (Notification Requirement—Traders) Determination 2022","slug":"automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-traders-determina","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441406,"registerId":"F2022L00788-fast-fetch-1775956713272","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—Traders) 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—Traders) Determination 2022\n\nI, Shane Rattenbury MLA, Minister for Consumer Affairs, make the following determination.\n\nDated  14 June 2022  \n\nShane Rattenbury MLA \n\nMinister for Consumer Affairs\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—Traders) 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 The whole of this instrument 1 July 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 authorised to be carried on under a licence as a Trader under the Traders (Licensing) Act 2016 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\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change who may rely on automatic deemed registration under the Mutual Recognition Act. It imposes a procedural requirement: any person intending to carry on a Trader-authorised activity in the ACT must notify the local registration authority before starting (s4–6). The substance of covered activities remains defined by the Traders (Licensing) Act and the Mutual Recognition Act; this Determination adds a pre-start administrative step only (s5–6)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrowly framed obligation: a pre-start notification requirement (s6).","Cross-reference to Commonwealth Act for legal effect (subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act) creating dependence on Commonwealth machinery (s3, s4).","Defined terms constrain scope (covered activity, local registration authority) and require reference to external ACT statutes (Traders (Licensing) Act 2016; Fair Trading Act) (s5).","Sunset/repeal timing is automatic under the Legislation Act, so temporal effect is externally governed (s4).","Instrument omits penalty/enforcement detail, leaving administrative interpretation and compliance consequences to the local authority, which raises minor implementation uncertainty (implicit from s6)."],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** This determination requires a person who intends to rely on automatic deemed registration under the Commonwealth Mutual Recognition Act to notify the ACT local registration authority before beginning any activity licensed as a 'Trader' in the ACT. (s4–6)\n\n**Who pays and what changes:** The person (the trader) bears the compliance step of notifying the Commissioner for Fair Trading before starting. It does not alter who is authorised under the Mutual Recognition Act; it adds a pre‑start administrative requirement. (s5–6)"},"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":"This instrument remains tightly scoped to its original purpose. It implements a specific notification requirement for a specific occupation class (traders) in a specific jurisdiction (ACT) under a specific Commonwealth statutory framework. There is no evidence of scope creep; the instrument does exactly what its title and enabling provision suggest, with no expansion into broader regulatory matters."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument — 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 no subsections, conditions, or exceptions","No cross-references beyond the enabling provision (subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992)","Straightforward notification requirement with no procedural details (method, form, timeframe within 'before' only)","No penalty provisions, review mechanisms, or enforcement details included in this instrument"],"plain_english_summary":"Traders licensed in another Australian jurisdiction who seek to operate in the ACT under automatic mutual recognition must notify the ACT Commissioner for Fair Trading before commencing work. It doesn’t stop cross-border practice but gives the ACT a simple oversight step to ensure regulatory awareness, consumer protection, and local record-keeping."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-traders-determina","history":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-traders-determina/history","analysis":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-traders-determina/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-traders-determina/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-traders-determina/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-australian-capital-territory-notification-requirement-traders-determina/documents"}}