{"id":"F2022L00079","name":"Automatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Notification Requirement—Health) Determination 2022","slug":"automatic-mutual-recognition-victoria-notification-requirement-health-determination-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441184,"registerId":"F2022L00079-fast-fetch-1775956548060","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Automatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Notification Requirement—Health) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nAutomatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Notification Requirement—Health) Determination 2022\n\nI, James Merlino, Acting Minister for Health (Victoria), make the following determination.\n\nDated 19 January 2022    \n\nJames Merlino\n\nActing Minister for Health (Victoria)\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\n \n\n1  Name\n\n1.     This instrument is the Automatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Notification Requirement—Health) Determination 2022.\n\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instrument 1 February 2022 1 February 2022\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\n1.     This instrument is made under subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.\n\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 Victoria.\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\n1.     In this instrument:\n\n\nAct means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.\n\n6  Notification requirement\n\n1.      For the purposes of subsection 42J(4) of the Act, notification is required for the following registrations in Victoria:\n\n\n1.     radiation source use licences under Part 6 of the Radiation Act 2005;\n2.     security plan and transport security plan assessor approvals under Part 6 of the Radiation Act 2005;\n3.     tester of prescribed radiation sources approvals under Part 6 of the Radiation Act 2005;\n4.     certification of cooling tower system risk management plan auditors under Part 7 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008;\n5.     pest control licences under Part 7 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008;\n6.      certification of food safety auditors under Part 3B of the Food Act 1984.\n\n\n \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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the limited function described in its authority provision (subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992) — specifying which Victorian registrations require notification under the automatic mutual recognition scheme. It has not expanded beyond this specific procedural purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 6 sections spanning approximately 1 page","Only 1 defined term ('Act') in the interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act and the specific Victorian Acts being affected","Simple, unqualified notification requirement with no exceptions, conditions, or procedural details","Straightforward list structure in section 6 with no nested logic or conditional triggers"],"plain_english_summary":"Victoria requires certain nationally licensed health and safety professionals to notify the Victorian regulator before they start working under the Automatic Mutual Recognition scheme. \n\nThis targets out‑of‑state radiation workers, public‑health inspectors (cooling towers, pest control) and food‑safety auditors. The rule preserves Victorian oversight over entrants to high‑risk fields, ensuring public health and safety despite national licence recognition."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not expand or narrow the substantive licensing categories governed by the Mutual Recognition Act. It imposes a procedural notification requirement for a defined set of Victorian registrations (s.6) under the power in s.42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act and explains commencement/sunset arrangements (s.2; s.4)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, well‑defined list of regulated activities (s.6) reduces substantive legal complexity.","Cross‑reference to Commonwealth Mutual Recognition Act (authority under s.42J(4)) and Victorian Acts (Radiation Act 2005; Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008; Food Act 1984) requires reading multiple statutes.","Procedural requirement (notification before relying on deemed registration) is simple to state but creates a pre‑commencement compliance step (s.6).","Sunset mechanism and commencement timings are specified (s.2; outline referencing Legislation Act 2003) which require administrative tracking for repeal.","Limited administrative detail: instrument mandates notification but does not prescribe form, timing, or consequences of non‑notification, leaving implementation details to local authorities (s.6).","Compliance burden is concentrated on individuals/businesses seeking mutual recognition (they must notify), while regulatory discretion on how to process notifications is left unspecified."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination requires a person to notify a Victorian local registration authority before relying on automatic 'deemed registration' under the Commonwealth Mutual Recognition Act to begin specified health‑related activities in Victoria (see s.6). It targets certain radiation licences and approvals, cooling‑tower and food‑safety auditor certifications, and pest‑control licences. The person seeking to rely on mutual recognition must do the notifying; the local authority receives and records the notification. Mechanically, it adds a pre‑start administrative compliance step for those activities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-victoria-notification-requirement-health-determination-2022","history":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-victoria-notification-requirement-health-determination-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-victoria-notification-requirement-health-determination-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-victoria-notification-requirement-health-determination-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-victoria-notification-requirement-health-determination-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/automatic-mutual-recognition-victoria-notification-requirement-health-determination-2022/documents"}}