{"id":"qld:act-1992-067","name":"Mutual Recognition (Queensland) Act 1992","slug":"mutual-recognition-queensland-act-1992","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"qld","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"67 of 1992","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":104791,"registerId":"qld-act-1992-067-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"sch-pt","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"sch-pt.1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Preliminary","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### sch-sec.1 Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 .","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### sch-sec.2 Commencement\n\nThe provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Principal purpose","content":"### sch-sec.3 Principal purpose\n\nThe principal purpose of this Act is to enact legislation authorised by the Parliaments of States under paragraph (xxxvii) of section 51 of the Commonwealth Constitution, and requested by the legislatures of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, for the purpose of promoting the goal of freedom of movement of goods and service providers in a national market in Australia.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Interpretation","content":"### sch-sec.4 Interpretation\n\nIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—\nconditions , when used in relation to occupations, means conditions, limitations or restrictions;\ndeemed registration means deemed registration as defined in section 25 ;\nequivalent , when used in relation to occupations, has a meaning affected by Division 4 of Part 3 ;\ngoods means goods of any kind, and includes—\nanimals; or\na package containing goods; or\na label attached to goods;\ngrant , when used in relation to registration, means grant, issue or otherwise confer registration;\nimport means import from outside Australia;\nlabelling of goods includes any means by which, at the point of sale, information is attached to goods or is displayed in relation to goods without being attached to them;\nlocal registration authority of a State for an occupation means the person or authority in the State having the function conferred by legislation of registering persons in connection with their carrying on of that occupation in the State;\noccupation means an occupation, trade, profession or calling of any kind that may be carried on only by registered persons, where registration is wholly or partly dependent on the attainment or possession of some qualification (for example, training, education, examination, experience, character or being fit or proper), and includes a specialisation in any of the above in which registration may be granted;\nparticipating jurisdiction has the meaning given by section 43 ;\nproduce includes to manufacture, and also includes to harvest or otherwise produce in the course of any form of primary production;\nregistration includes the licensing, approval, admission, certification (including by way of practising certificates), or any other form of authorisation, of a person required by or under legislation for the carrying on of an occupation;\nrequirements , when used in relation to goods, means requirements, prohibitions, restrictions or conditions;\nsell includes sell by wholesale or retail, and includes distribute for sale, expose or offer for sale or have in possession for sale or agree to sell, and includes barter, and includes supply by way of exchange, lease, hire or hire-purchase;\nState includes the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory;\nsubstantive registration means registration under a law of a State, but does not include deemed registration;\nTribunal means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.\nThis Act is to be interpreted in accordance with the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as in force at the date on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.\n(sch-sec.4-ssec.1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— conditions , when used in relation to occupations, means conditions, limitations or restrictions; deemed registration means deemed registration as defined in section 25 ; equivalent , when used in relation to occupations, has a meaning affected by Division 4 of Part 3 ; goods means goods of any kind, and includes— animals; or a package containing goods; or a label attached to goods; grant , when used in relation to registration, means grant, issue or otherwise confer registration; import means import from outside Australia; labelling of goods includes any means by which, at the point of sale, information is attached to goods or is displayed in relation to goods without being attached to them; local registration authority of a State for an occupation means the person or authority in the State having the function conferred by legislation of registering persons in connection with their carrying on of that occupation in the State; occupation means an occupation, trade, profession or calling of any kind that may be carried on only by registered persons, where registration is wholly or partly dependent on the attainment or possession of some qualification (for example, training, education, examination, experience, character or being fit or proper), and includes a specialisation in any of the above in which registration may be granted; participating jurisdiction has the meaning given by section 43 ; produce includes to manufacture, and also includes to harvest or otherwise produce in the course of any form of primary production; registration includes the licensing, approval, admission, certification (including by way of practising certificates), or any other form of authorisation, of a person required by or under legislation for the carrying on of an occupation; requirements , when used in relation to goods, means requirements, prohibitions, restrictions or conditions; sell includes sell by wholesale or retail, and includes distribute for sale, expose or offer for sale or have in possession for sale or agree to sell, and includes barter, and includes supply by way of exchange, lease, hire or hire-purchase; State includes the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; substantive registration means registration under a law of a State, but does not include deemed registration; Tribunal means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.\n(sch-sec.4-ssec.2) This Act is to be interpreted in accordance with the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as in force at the date on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.\n- (a) animals; or\n- (b) a package containing goods; or\n- (c) a label attached to goods;","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of this Act to States","content":"### sch-sec.5 Application of this Act to States\n\nThis Act applies to a State, but only while it is a participating jurisdiction.\nAccordingly, a reference in this Act to a State is a reference to a State that is a participating jurisdiction.\n(sch-sec.5-ssec.1) This Act applies to a State, but only while it is a participating jurisdiction.\n(sch-sec.5-ssec.2) Accordingly, a reference in this Act to a State is a reference to a State that is a participating jurisdiction.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Operation of this Act","content":"### sch-sec.6 Operation of this Act\n\nNothing in this Act affects the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth.\nThis Act does not limit the operation of a law of a State so far as it can operate concurrently with this Act.\n(sch-sec.6-ssec.1) Nothing in this Act affects the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth.\n(sch-sec.6-ssec.2) This Act does not limit the operation of a law of a State so far as it can operate concurrently with this Act.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Crown bound","content":"### sch-sec.7 Crown bound\n\nSubject to section 5 , this Act binds the Crown in right of the Commonwealth and of each of the States.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"sch-pt.2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Goods","content":"# Goods","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Mutual recognition","content":"### sch-sec.8 Mutual recognition\n\nThe mutual recognition principle as applying to goods is as set out in this Part.\nThis Part deals with goods produced in or imported into a State and their sale in another State.\nIn this Part, the firstmentioned State is called the first State , and the other State is called the second State .\n(sch-sec.8-ssec.1) The mutual recognition principle as applying to goods is as set out in this Part.\n(sch-sec.8-ssec.2) This Part deals with goods produced in or imported into a State and their sale in another State.\n(sch-sec.8-ssec.3) In this Part, the firstmentioned State is called the first State , and the other State is called the second State .","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Entitlement to sell goods","content":"### sch-sec.9 Entitlement to sell goods\n\nThe mutual recognition principle is that, subject to this Part, goods produced in or imported into the first State, that may lawfully be sold in that State either generally or in particular circumstances, may, by virtue of this Act, be sold in the second State either generally or in particular circumstances (as the case may be), without the necessity for compliance with further requirements as described in section 10 .","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirements that do not need to be complied with","content":"### sch-sec.10 Requirements that do not need to be complied with\n\nThe further requirements referred to in section 9 are any one or more of the following requirements relating to sale that are imposed by or under the law of the second State—\na requirement that the goods satisfy standards of the second State relating to the goods themselves, including for example requirements relating to their production, composition, quality or performance;\na requirement that the goods satisfy standards of the second State relating to the way the goods are presented, including for example requirements relating to their packaging, labelling, date stamping or age;\na requirement that the goods be inspected, passed or similarly dealt with in or for the purposes of the second State;\na requirement that any step in the production of the goods not occur outside the second State;\nany other requirement relating to sale that would prevent or restrict, or would have the effect of preventing or restricting, the sale of the goods in the second State.\n- (a) a requirement that the goods satisfy standards of the second State relating to the goods themselves, including for example requirements relating to their production, composition, quality or performance;\n- (b) a requirement that the goods satisfy standards of the second State relating to the way the goods are presented, including for example requirements relating to their packaging, labelling, date stamping or age;\n- (c) a requirement that the goods be inspected, passed or similarly dealt with in or for the purposes of the second State;\n- (d) a requirement that any step in the production of the goods not occur outside the second State;\n- (e) any other requirement relating to sale that would prevent or restrict, or would have the effect of preventing or restricting, the sale of the goods in the second State.","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Requirements that do need to be complied with","content":"### sch-sec.11 Requirements that do need to be complied with\n\nThe mutual recognition principle is subject to the exceptions specified in this section.\nThe first exception is that the principle does not affect the operation of any laws of the second State that regulate the manner of the sale of goods in the second State or the manner in which sellers conduct or are required to conduct their business in the second State (including laws set out in the examples below), so long as those laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the second State.\nExamples —Laws relating to the following—\nthe contractual aspects of the sale of goods;\nthe registration of sellers or other persons carrying on occupations;\nthe requirement for business franchise licences;\nthe persons to whom goods may or may not be sold;\nthe circumstances in which goods may or may not be sold.\nThe second exception is that the principle does not affect the operation of any laws of the second State regarding the transportation, storage or handling of goods within the State, so long as—\nthose laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the second State; and\nthose laws are directed at matters affecting health and safety of persons in the second State or at preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the second State.\nThe third exception is that the principle does not affect the operation of any laws of the second State regarding the inspection of goods within the State, so long as—\ninspection or the requirement for inspection is not a prerequisite to the sale of the goods in the second State; and\nthose laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the second State; and\nthose laws are directed at matters affecting the health and safety of persons in the second State or preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the second State.\n(sch-sec.11-ssec.1) The mutual recognition principle is subject to the exceptions specified in this section.\n(sch-sec.11-ssec.2) The first exception is that the principle does not affect the operation of any laws of the second State that regulate the manner of the sale of goods in the second State or the manner in which sellers conduct or are required to conduct their business in the second State (including laws set out in the examples below), so long as those laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the second State. Examples —Laws relating to the following— the contractual aspects of the sale of goods; the registration of sellers or other persons carrying on occupations; the requirement for business franchise licences; the persons to whom goods may or may not be sold; the circumstances in which goods may or may not be sold.\n(sch-sec.11-ssec.3) The second exception is that the principle does not affect the operation of any laws of the second State regarding the transportation, storage or handling of goods within the State, so long as— those laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the second State; and those laws are directed at matters affecting health and safety of persons in the second State or at preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the second State.\n(sch-sec.11-ssec.4) The third exception is that the principle does not affect the operation of any laws of the second State regarding the inspection of goods within the State, so long as— inspection or the requirement for inspection is not a prerequisite to the sale of the goods in the second State; and those laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the second State; and those laws are directed at matters affecting the health and safety of persons in the second State or preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the second State.\n- (a) the contractual aspects of the sale of goods;\n- (b) the registration of sellers or other persons carrying on occupations;\n- (c) the requirement for business franchise licences;\n- (d) the persons to whom goods may or may not be sold;\n- (e) the circumstances in which goods may or may not be sold.\n- (a) those laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the second State; and\n- (b) those laws are directed at matters affecting health and safety of persons in the second State or at preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the second State.\n- (a) inspection or the requirement for inspection is not a prerequisite to the sale of the goods in the second State; and\n- (b) those laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the second State; and\n- (c) those laws are directed at matters affecting the health and safety of persons in the second State or preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the second State.","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Defences to offences regarding sale","content":"### sch-sec.12 Defences to offences regarding sale\n\nIt is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against a law of the second State in relation to the sale of any goods if the defendant expressly claims that the mutual recognition principle applies and establishes that—\nthe goods were labelled at the point of sale with a statement to the effect that the goods were produced in or imported into the first State; and\nthe defendant had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that they were not so produced or imported.\nThe defence is not available if the prosecution proves that the mutual recognition principle did not apply in the circumstances of the alleged offence (because for example the goods did not comply with requirements imposed by the law of the first State).\nAny relevant presumptions or evidentiary procedures under the law of the first State are available to the prosecution or defendant in relation to matters sought to be proved by the prosecution under subsection (2) .\nAny relevant defences under the law of the first State are available to the defendant in relation to matters sought to be proved by the prosecution under subsection (2) .\nThis section does not affect any defence that is available apart from this section.\n(sch-sec.12-ssec.1) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against a law of the second State in relation to the sale of any goods if the defendant expressly claims that the mutual recognition principle applies and establishes that— the goods were labelled at the point of sale with a statement to the effect that the goods were produced in or imported into the first State; and the defendant had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that they were not so produced or imported.\n(sch-sec.12-ssec.2) The defence is not available if the prosecution proves that the mutual recognition principle did not apply in the circumstances of the alleged offence (because for example the goods did not comply with requirements imposed by the law of the first State).\n(sch-sec.12-ssec.3) Any relevant presumptions or evidentiary procedures under the law of the first State are available to the prosecution or defendant in relation to matters sought to be proved by the prosecution under subsection (2) .\n(sch-sec.12-ssec.4) Any relevant defences under the law of the first State are available to the defendant in relation to matters sought to be proved by the prosecution under subsection (2) .\n(sch-sec.12-ssec.5) This section does not affect any defence that is available apart from this section.\n- (a) the goods were labelled at the point of sale with a statement to the effect that the goods were produced in or imported into the first State; and\n- (b) the defendant had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that they were not so produced or imported.","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.13","sectionType":"section","heading":"Goods that comply with local law","content":"### sch-sec.13 Goods that comply with local law\n\nNothing in this Part prevents goods from being sold in the second State if (apart from this Act) they comply with the relevant requirements imposed by or under the law of the second State.\nNothing in this Part requires the labelling of goods as mentioned in section 12 if (apart from this Act) they comply with the relevant requirements imposed by or under the law of the second State.\n(sch-sec.13-ssec.1) Nothing in this Part prevents goods from being sold in the second State if (apart from this Act) they comply with the relevant requirements imposed by or under the law of the second State.\n(sch-sec.13-ssec.2) Nothing in this Part requires the labelling of goods as mentioned in section 12 if (apart from this Act) they comply with the relevant requirements imposed by or under the law of the second State.","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Permanent exemptions","content":"### sch-sec.14 Permanent exemptions\n\nThis Part does not apply to goods that are specified in Schedule 1 .\nThis Part does not affect the operation of laws described in Schedule 2 .\nUnless otherwise stated in Schedule 2 , a law described in that Schedule includes any amendment or replacement of that law, but only to the extent that the amendment or replacement deals with the same subject-matter.\n(sch-sec.14-ssec.1) This Part does not apply to goods that are specified in Schedule 1 .\n(sch-sec.14-ssec.2) This Part does not affect the operation of laws described in Schedule 2 .\n(sch-sec.14-ssec.3) Unless otherwise stated in Schedule 2 , a law described in that Schedule includes any amendment or replacement of that law, but only to the extent that the amendment or replacement deals with the same subject-matter.","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Temporary exemptions","content":"### sch-sec.15 Temporary exemptions\n\nThis Part does not apply to the sale in the second State of goods, or affect laws of the second State, for the time being declared by or under an Act or regulation of the State to be goods or laws to which this section applies.\nAny such exemptions have effect only if they are substantially for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of persons in the State or preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the State.\nNo such exemption operates (together with the period of any previous exemption) for longer than a period of 12 months or an aggregate period of 12 months.\n(sch-sec.15-ssec.1) This Part does not apply to the sale in the second State of goods, or affect laws of the second State, for the time being declared by or under an Act or regulation of the State to be goods or laws to which this section applies.\n(sch-sec.15-ssec.2) Any such exemptions have effect only if they are substantially for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of persons in the State or preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the State.\n(sch-sec.15-ssec.3) No such exemption operates (together with the period of any previous exemption) for longer than a period of 12 months or an aggregate period of 12 months.","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"sch-pt.3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Occupations","content":"# Occupations","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"sch-pt.3-div.1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Preliminary","content":"## Preliminary","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Mutual recognition","content":"### sch-sec.16 Mutual recognition\n\nThe mutual recognition principle as applying to occupations is as set out in this Part.\nThis Part deals with the ability of a person who is registered in connection with an occupation in a State to carry on an equivalent occupation in another State.\nIn this Part, the firstmentioned State is called the first State , and the other State is called the second State .\n(sch-sec.16-ssec.1) The mutual recognition principle as applying to occupations is as set out in this Part.\n(sch-sec.16-ssec.2) This Part deals with the ability of a person who is registered in connection with an occupation in a State to carry on an equivalent occupation in another State.\n(sch-sec.16-ssec.3) In this Part, the firstmentioned State is called the first State , and the other State is called the second State .","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.17","sectionType":"section","heading":"Entitlement to carry on occupation","content":"### sch-sec.17 Entitlement to carry on occupation\n\nThe mutual recognition principle is that, subject to this Part, a person who is registered in the first State for an occupation is, by this Act, entitled after notifying the local registration authority of the second State for the equivalent occupation—\nto be registered in the second State for the equivalent occupation; and\npending such registration, to carry on the equivalent occupation in the second State.\nHowever, the mutual recognition principle is subject to the exception that it does not affect the operation of laws that regulate the manner of carrying on an occupation in the second State, so long as those laws—\napply equally to all persons carrying on or seeking to carry on the occupation under the law of the second State; and\nare not based on the attainment or possession of some qualification or experience relating to fitness to carry on the occupation.\n(sch-sec.17-ssec.1) The mutual recognition principle is that, subject to this Part, a person who is registered in the first State for an occupation is, by this Act, entitled after notifying the local registration authority of the second State for the equivalent occupation— to be registered in the second State for the equivalent occupation; and pending such registration, to carry on the equivalent occupation in the second State.\n(sch-sec.17-ssec.2) However, the mutual recognition principle is subject to the exception that it does not affect the operation of laws that regulate the manner of carrying on an occupation in the second State, so long as those laws— apply equally to all persons carrying on or seeking to carry on the occupation under the law of the second State; and are not based on the attainment or possession of some qualification or experience relating to fitness to carry on the occupation.\n- (a) to be registered in the second State for the equivalent occupation; and\n- (b) pending such registration, to carry on the equivalent occupation in the second State.\n- (a) apply equally to all persons carrying on or seeking to carry on the occupation under the law of the second State; and\n- (b) are not based on the attainment or possession of some qualification or experience relating to fitness to carry on the occupation.","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.18","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of this Part","content":"### sch-sec.18 Application of this Part\n\nThis Part applies to individuals and occupations carried on by them.\nThis Part extends to an occupation carried on by an individual, where the individual is subject to more than one system of registration or more than one local registration authority in a State, and accordingly this Part applies in relation to each such system of registration and each such authority.\nWithout limiting subsection (2) , an example of such an occupation is that of a legal practitioner, which involves both the admission as a legal practitioner by a court and the issue of a practising certificate by another body.\n(sch-sec.18-ssec.1) This Part applies to individuals and occupations carried on by them.\n(sch-sec.18-ssec.2) This Part extends to an occupation carried on by an individual, where the individual is subject to more than one system of registration or more than one local registration authority in a State, and accordingly this Part applies in relation to each such system of registration and each such authority.\n(sch-sec.18-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (2) , an example of such an occupation is that of a legal practitioner, which involves both the admission as a legal practitioner by a court and the issue of a practising certificate by another body.","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"sch-pt.3-div.2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Entitlement to registration","content":"## Entitlement to registration","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.19","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification to local registration authority","content":"### sch-sec.19 Notification to local registration authority\n\nA person who is registered in the first State for an occupation may lodge a written notice with the local registration authority of the second State for the equivalent occupation, seeking registration for the equivalent occupation in accordance with the mutual recognition principle.\nThe notice must—\nstate that the person is registered for the occupation in the first State and specify that State; and\nstate the occupation for which registration is sought and that it is being sought in accordance with the mutual recognition principle; and\nspecify all the States in which the person has substantive registration for equivalent occupations; and\nstate that the person is not the subject of disciplinary proceedings in any State (including any preliminary investigations or action that might lead to disciplinary proceedings) in relation to those occupations; and\nstate that the person’s registration in any State is not cancelled or currently suspended as a result of disciplinary action; and\nstate that the person is not otherwise personally prohibited from carrying on any such occupation in any State, and is not subject to any special conditions in carrying on that occupation, as a result of criminal, civil or disciplinary proceedings in any State; and\nspecify any special conditions to which the person is subject in carrying on any such occupation in any State; and\ngive consent to the making of inquiries of, and the exchange of information with, the authorities of any State regarding the person’s activities in the relevant occupation or occupations or otherwise regarding matters relevant to the notice.\nThe notice must be accompanied by a document that is either the original or a copy of the instrument evidencing the person’s existing registration (or, if there is no such instrument, by sufficient information to identify the person and the person’s registration).\nAs regards the instrument evidencing the person’s existing registration, the person must certify in the notice that the accompanying document is the original or a complete and accurate copy of the original.\nThe statements and other information in the notice must be verified by statutory declaration.\nThe local registration authority may permit the notice to be amended after it is lodged.\n(sch-sec.19-ssec.1) A person who is registered in the first State for an occupation may lodge a written notice with the local registration authority of the second State for the equivalent occupation, seeking registration for the equivalent occupation in accordance with the mutual recognition principle.\n(sch-sec.19-ssec.2) The notice must— state that the person is registered for the occupation in the first State and specify that State; and state the occupation for which registration is sought and that it is being sought in accordance with the mutual recognition principle; and specify all the States in which the person has substantive registration for equivalent occupations; and state that the person is not the subject of disciplinary proceedings in any State (including any preliminary investigations or action that might lead to disciplinary proceedings) in relation to those occupations; and state that the person’s registration in any State is not cancelled or currently suspended as a result of disciplinary action; and state that the person is not otherwise personally prohibited from carrying on any such occupation in any State, and is not subject to any special conditions in carrying on that occupation, as a result of criminal, civil or disciplinary proceedings in any State; and specify any special conditions to which the person is subject in carrying on any such occupation in any State; and give consent to the making of inquiries of, and the exchange of information with, the authorities of any State regarding the person’s activities in the relevant occupation or occupations or otherwise regarding matters relevant to the notice.\n(sch-sec.19-ssec.3) The notice must be accompanied by a document that is either the original or a copy of the instrument evidencing the person’s existing registration (or, if there is no such instrument, by sufficient information to identify the person and the person’s registration).\n(sch-sec.19-ssec.4) As regards the instrument evidencing the person’s existing registration, the person must certify in the notice that the accompanying document is the original or a complete and accurate copy of the original.\n(sch-sec.19-ssec.5) The statements and other information in the notice must be verified by statutory declaration.\n(sch-sec.19-ssec.6) The local registration authority may permit the notice to be amended after it is lodged.\n- (a) state that the person is registered for the occupation in the first State and specify that State; and\n- (b) state the occupation for which registration is sought and that it is being sought in accordance with the mutual recognition principle; and\n- (c) specify all the States in which the person has substantive registration for equivalent occupations; and\n- (d) state that the person is not the subject of disciplinary proceedings in any State (including any preliminary investigations or action that might lead to disciplinary proceedings) in relation to those occupations; and\n- (e) state that the person’s registration in any State is not cancelled or currently suspended as a result of disciplinary action; and\n- (f) state that the person is not otherwise personally prohibited from carrying on any such occupation in any State, and is not subject to any special conditions in carrying on that occupation, as a result of criminal, civil or disciplinary proceedings in any State; and\n- (g) specify any special conditions to which the person is subject in carrying on any such occupation in any State; and\n- (h) give consent to the making of inquiries of, and the exchange of information with, the authorities of any State regarding the person’s activities in the relevant occupation or occupations or otherwise regarding matters relevant to the notice.","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.20","sectionType":"section","heading":"Entitlement to registration and continued registration","content":"### sch-sec.20 Entitlement to registration and continued registration\n\nA person who lodges a notice under section 19 with a local registration authority of the second State is entitled to be registered in the equivalent occupation, as if the law of the State that deals with registration expressly provided that registration in the first State is a sufficient ground of entitlement to registration.\nThe local registration authority may grant registration on that ground and may grant renewals of such registration.\nOnce a person is registered on that ground, the entitlement to registration continues, whether or not registration (including any renewal of registration) ceases in the first State.\nContinuance of registration is otherwise subject to the laws of the second State, to the extent to which those laws—\napply equally to all persons carrying on or seeking to carry on the occupation under the law of the second State; and\nare not based on the attainment or possession of some qualification or experience relating to fitness to carry on the occupation.\nThe local registration authority may impose conditions on registration, but may not impose conditions that are more onerous than would be imposed in similar circumstances (having regard to relevant qualifications and experience) if it were registration effected apart from this Part, unless they are conditions that apply to the person’s registration in the first State or that are necessary to achieve equivalence of occupations.\nThis section has effect subject to this Part.\n(sch-sec.20-ssec.1) A person who lodges a notice under section 19 with a local registration authority of the second State is entitled to be registered in the equivalent occupation, as if the law of the State that deals with registration expressly provided that registration in the first State is a sufficient ground of entitlement to registration.\n(sch-sec.20-ssec.2) The local registration authority may grant registration on that ground and may grant renewals of such registration.\n(sch-sec.20-ssec.3) Once a person is registered on that ground, the entitlement to registration continues, whether or not registration (including any renewal of registration) ceases in the first State.\n(sch-sec.20-ssec.4) Continuance of registration is otherwise subject to the laws of the second State, to the extent to which those laws— apply equally to all persons carrying on or seeking to carry on the occupation under the law of the second State; and are not based on the attainment or possession of some qualification or experience relating to fitness to carry on the occupation.\n(sch-sec.20-ssec.5) The local registration authority may impose conditions on registration, but may not impose conditions that are more onerous than would be imposed in similar circumstances (having regard to relevant qualifications and experience) if it were registration effected apart from this Part, unless they are conditions that apply to the person’s registration in the first State or that are necessary to achieve equivalence of occupations.\n(sch-sec.20-ssec.6) This section has effect subject to this Part.\n- (a) apply equally to all persons carrying on or seeking to carry on the occupation under the law of the second State; and\n- (b) are not based on the attainment or possession of some qualification or experience relating to fitness to carry on the occupation.","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.21","sectionType":"section","heading":"Action following notice","content":"### sch-sec.21 Action following notice\n\nRegistration must be granted within one month after the notice is lodged with the local registration authority under section 19 .\nWhen granted, registration takes effect as from the date the notice was lodged.\nHowever, the local registration authority may, subject to this Part and within one month after the notice was lodged, postpone or refuse the grant of registration.\nIf the local registration authority neither grants the registration nor takes action under subsection (3) within the period of one month after the notice is lodged, the person is entitled to registration immediately at the end of that period and no objection may be taken to the notice on any of the grounds on which refusal or postponement may be effected, except where fraud is involved.\n(sch-sec.21-ssec.1) Registration must be granted within one month after the notice is lodged with the local registration authority under section 19 .\n(sch-sec.21-ssec.2) When granted, registration takes effect as from the date the notice was lodged.\n(sch-sec.21-ssec.3) However, the local registration authority may, subject to this Part and within one month after the notice was lodged, postpone or refuse the grant of registration.\n(sch-sec.21-ssec.4) If the local registration authority neither grants the registration nor takes action under subsection (3) within the period of one month after the notice is lodged, the person is entitled to registration immediately at the end of that period and no objection may be taken to the notice on any of the grounds on which refusal or postponement may be effected, except where fraud is involved.","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.22","sectionType":"section","heading":"Postponement of registration","content":"### sch-sec.22 Postponement of registration\n\nA local registration authority may postpone the grant of registration, if—\nany of the statements or information in the notice as required by section 19 are materially false or misleading; or\nany document or information as required by section 19 (3) has not been provided or is materially false or misleading; or\nthe circumstances of the person lodging the notice have materially changed since the date of the notice or the date it was lodged; or\nthe authority decides that the occupation in which registration is sought is not an equivalent occupation.\nIf the grant of registration has been postponed, the local registration authority may in due course grant or refuse the registration.\nThe local registration authority may not postpone the grant of registration for longer than a period of 6 months, and the person is entitled to registration immediately, at the end of that period, unless registration was refused at or before the end of that period.\nNothing in subsection (3) prevents earlier registration from being granted on a review by the Tribunal.\n(sch-sec.22-ssec.1) A local registration authority may postpone the grant of registration, if— any of the statements or information in the notice as required by section 19 are materially false or misleading; or any document or information as required by section 19 (3) has not been provided or is materially false or misleading; or the circumstances of the person lodging the notice have materially changed since the date of the notice or the date it was lodged; or the authority decides that the occupation in which registration is sought is not an equivalent occupation.\n(sch-sec.22-ssec.2) If the grant of registration has been postponed, the local registration authority may in due course grant or refuse the registration.\n(sch-sec.22-ssec.3) The local registration authority may not postpone the grant of registration for longer than a period of 6 months, and the person is entitled to registration immediately, at the end of that period, unless registration was refused at or before the end of that period.\n(sch-sec.22-ssec.4) Nothing in subsection (3) prevents earlier registration from being granted on a review by the Tribunal.\n- (a) any of the statements or information in the notice as required by section 19 are materially false or misleading; or\n- (b) any document or information as required by section 19 (3) has not been provided or is materially false or misleading; or\n- (c) the circumstances of the person lodging the notice have materially changed since the date of the notice or the date it was lodged; or\n- (d) the authority decides that the occupation in which registration is sought is not an equivalent occupation.","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.23","sectionType":"section","heading":"Refusal of registration","content":"### sch-sec.23 Refusal of registration\n\nA local registration authority may refuse the grant of registration, if—\nany of the statements or information in the notice as required by section 19 are materially false or misleading; or\nany document or information as required by section 19 (3) has not been provided or is materially false or misleading; or\nthe authority decides that the occupation in which registration is sought is not an equivalent occupation and equivalence cannot be achieved by the imposition of conditions.\nA decision to refuse to grant registration on the ground that the occupation in which registration is sought is not an equivalent occupation takes effect at the end of a specified period (not less than 2 weeks) after the person is notified of the decision, unless it has been previously revoked or there is an application for review to the Tribunal, in which case the Tribunal may make whatever orders it considers appropriate.\n(sch-sec.23-ssec.1) A local registration authority may refuse the grant of registration, if— any of the statements or information in the notice as required by section 19 are materially false or misleading; or any document or information as required by section 19 (3) has not been provided or is materially false or misleading; or the authority decides that the occupation in which registration is sought is not an equivalent occupation and equivalence cannot be achieved by the imposition of conditions.\n(sch-sec.23-ssec.2) A decision to refuse to grant registration on the ground that the occupation in which registration is sought is not an equivalent occupation takes effect at the end of a specified period (not less than 2 weeks) after the person is notified of the decision, unless it has been previously revoked or there is an application for review to the Tribunal, in which case the Tribunal may make whatever orders it considers appropriate.\n- (a) any of the statements or information in the notice as required by section 19 are materially false or misleading; or\n- (b) any document or information as required by section 19 (3) has not been provided or is materially false or misleading; or\n- (c) the authority decides that the occupation in which registration is sought is not an equivalent occupation and equivalence cannot be achieved by the imposition of conditions.","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.24","sectionType":"section","heading":"Notification of decision","content":"### sch-sec.24 Notification of decision\n\nA local registration authority must give the person who lodges a notice in accordance with section 19 a notice in writing of its decision to grant registration, or to postpone or refuse the grant of registration, or to impose conditions on registration.","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"sch-pt.3-div.3","sectionType":"division","heading":"Interim arrangements","content":"## Interim arrangements","sortOrder":30},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.25","sectionType":"section","heading":"Deemed registration","content":"### sch-sec.25 Deemed registration\n\nA person who lodges a notice under section 19 with a local registration authority of a State is, pending the grant or refusal of registration, taken to be registered as provided in section 20 .\nSuch registration is called deemed registration in this Act.\nDeemed registration in one State does not of itself provide a basis for registration in another State.\n(sch-sec.25-ssec.1) A person who lodges a notice under section 19 with a local registration authority of a State is, pending the grant or refusal of registration, taken to be registered as provided in section 20 .\n(sch-sec.25-ssec.2) Such registration is called deemed registration in this Act.\n(sch-sec.25-ssec.3) Deemed registration in one State does not of itself provide a basis for registration in another State.","sortOrder":31},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.26","sectionType":"section","heading":"Duration of deemed registration","content":"### sch-sec.26 Duration of deemed registration\n\nA person’s deemed registration in the second State continues until it is cancelled or suspended or otherwise ceases in accordance with this Part.\nA person’s deemed registration in the second State ceases if the person becomes substantively registered in the State in connection with the occupation concerned.\nA person’s deemed registration in the second State ceases if the local registration authority of the State refuses to grant registration, subject to any determination of the Tribunal.\nA person’s deemed registration in the second State ceases if the person ceases to be substantively registered in every other State mentioned in the notice as required by section 19 (2) (c) .\nA local registration authority of the second State may cancel a person’s deemed registration in the second State if the person requests cancellation.\nDeemed registration is not affected by postponement of the grant of substantive registration.\n(sch-sec.26-ssec.1) A person’s deemed registration in the second State continues until it is cancelled or suspended or otherwise ceases in accordance with this Part.\n(sch-sec.26-ssec.2) A person’s deemed registration in the second State ceases if the person becomes substantively registered in the State in connection with the occupation concerned.\n(sch-sec.26-ssec.3) A person’s deemed registration in the second State ceases if the local registration authority of the State refuses to grant registration, subject to any determination of the Tribunal.\n(sch-sec.26-ssec.4) A person’s deemed registration in the second State ceases if the person ceases to be substantively registered in every other State mentioned in the notice as required by section 19 (2) (c) .\n(sch-sec.26-ssec.5) A local registration authority of the second State may cancel a person’s deemed registration in the second State if the person requests cancellation.\n(sch-sec.26-ssec.6) Deemed registration is not affected by postponement of the grant of substantive registration.","sortOrder":32},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.27","sectionType":"section","heading":"Activities under deemed registration","content":"### sch-sec.27 Activities under deemed registration\n\nA person who has deemed registration in the second State may carry on the occupation in the second State as if the deemed registration were substantive registration in the second State.\nHowever, the person may do so only—\nwithin the limits conferred by the person’s substantive registration in the first State; and\nwithin the limits conferred by the person’s deemed registration in the second State; and\nsubject to any conditions or undertakings applying to the person’s registration in the first State, unless waived by the local registration authority of the second State under this section; and\nsubject to any conditions applying to the person’s deemed registration.\nWithout limiting anything in this Division—\nthe person may not carry on the occupation in the second State without complying with any requirements regarding insurance, fidelity funds, trust accounts and the like that are designed to protect the public, clients, customers or others; and\na person who has deemed registration in an occupation in the second State is subject to any disciplinary provisions and arrangements that are applicable to persons who are substantively registered in that State; and\nreferences in the law of the second State to persons registered in an occupation under the law of that State (however expressed) extend to persons who have deemed registration for the occupation under this Act.\nHowever, the local registration authority of the second State may waive any condition imposed under the law of the first State, or any undertaking given to the local registration authority of the first State, if it thinks it appropriate in the circumstances.\nThe local registration authority of the second State may impose conditions as if deemed registration were substantive registration, but it must not impose conditions that are more onerous than would be imposed in similar circumstances (having regard to relevant qualifications and experience) if it were registration effected apart from this Part, unless they correspond to conditions or undertakings that apply to the person’s registration in the first State or that are necessary to achieve equivalence of occupations.\n(sch-sec.27-ssec.1) A person who has deemed registration in the second State may carry on the occupation in the second State as if the deemed registration were substantive registration in the second State.\n(sch-sec.27-ssec.2) However, the person may do so only— within the limits conferred by the person’s substantive registration in the first State; and within the limits conferred by the person’s deemed registration in the second State; and subject to any conditions or undertakings applying to the person’s registration in the first State, unless waived by the local registration authority of the second State under this section; and subject to any conditions applying to the person’s deemed registration.\n(sch-sec.27-ssec.3) Without limiting anything in this Division— the person may not carry on the occupation in the second State without complying with any requirements regarding insurance, fidelity funds, trust accounts and the like that are designed to protect the public, clients, customers or others; and a person who has deemed registration in an occupation in the second State is subject to any disciplinary provisions and arrangements that are applicable to persons who are substantively registered in that State; and references in the law of the second State to persons registered in an occupation under the law of that State (however expressed) extend to persons who have deemed registration for the occupation under this Act.\n(sch-sec.27-ssec.4) However, the local registration authority of the second State may waive any condition imposed under the law of the first State, or any undertaking given to the local registration authority of the first State, if it thinks it appropriate in the circumstances.\n(sch-sec.27-ssec.5) The local registration authority of the second State may impose conditions as if deemed registration were substantive registration, but it must not impose conditions that are more onerous than would be imposed in similar circumstances (having regard to relevant qualifications and experience) if it were registration effected apart from this Part, unless they correspond to conditions or undertakings that apply to the person’s registration in the first State or that are necessary to achieve equivalence of occupations.\n- (a) within the limits conferred by the person’s substantive registration in the first State; and\n- (b) within the limits conferred by the person’s deemed registration in the second State; and\n- (c) subject to any conditions or undertakings applying to the person’s registration in the first State, unless waived by the local registration authority of the second State under this section; and\n- (d) subject to any conditions applying to the person’s deemed registration.\n- (a) the person may not carry on the occupation in the second State without complying with any requirements regarding insurance, fidelity funds, trust accounts and the like that are designed to protect the public, clients, customers or others; and\n- (b) a person who has deemed registration in an occupation in the second State is subject to any disciplinary provisions and arrangements that are applicable to persons who are substantively registered in that State; and\n- (c) references in the law of the second State to persons registered in an occupation under the law of that State (however expressed) extend to persons who have deemed registration for the occupation under this Act.","sortOrder":33},{"sectionNumber":"sch-pt.3-div.4","sectionType":"division","heading":"Equivalent occupations","content":"## Equivalent occupations","sortOrder":34},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.28","sectionType":"section","heading":"Equivalent occupations","content":"### sch-sec.28 Equivalent occupations\n\nThe equivalence of occupations carried on in different States is to be determined in accordance with this Part.","sortOrder":35},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.29","sectionType":"section","heading":"General principle","content":"### sch-sec.29 General principle\n\nAn occupation for which persons may be registered in the first State is taken to be equivalent to an occupation for which persons may be registered in the second State if the activities authorised to be carried out under each registration are substantially the same (whether or not this result is achieved by means of the imposition of conditions).\nConditions may be imposed on registration under this Part so as to achieve equivalence between occupations in different States.\nThis section has effect subject to any relevant declarations in force under this Division.\n(sch-sec.29-ssec.1) An occupation for which persons may be registered in the first State is taken to be equivalent to an occupation for which persons may be registered in the second State if the activities authorised to be carried out under each registration are substantially the same (whether or not this result is achieved by means of the imposition of conditions).\n(sch-sec.29-ssec.2) Conditions may be imposed on registration under this Part so as to achieve equivalence between occupations in different States.\n(sch-sec.29-ssec.3) This section has effect subject to any relevant declarations in force under this Division.","sortOrder":36},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.30","sectionType":"section","heading":"Declarations as to equivalent occupations","content":"### sch-sec.30 Declarations as to equivalent occupations\n\nThis Part is to be given effect in accordance with relevant declarations (if any) made under this Division regarding equivalent occupations.\nIf a declaration made by the Tribunal and a declaration made by Ministers are inconsistent, the ministerial declaration prevails.\nA declaration under this Part does not affect the registration of any person already registered (except in the case of a declaration made by the Tribunal in relation to that person specifically).\n(sch-sec.30-ssec.1) This Part is to be given effect in accordance with relevant declarations (if any) made under this Division regarding equivalent occupations.\n(sch-sec.30-ssec.2) If a declaration made by the Tribunal and a declaration made by Ministers are inconsistent, the ministerial declaration prevails.\n(sch-sec.30-ssec.3) A declaration under this Part does not affect the registration of any person already registered (except in the case of a declaration made by the Tribunal in relation to that person specifically).","sortOrder":37},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.31","sectionType":"section","heading":"Declarations by Tribunal","content":"### sch-sec.31 Declarations by Tribunal\n\nOn a review, the Tribunal may make an order that a person who is registered in a particular occupation in a particular State is or is not entitled to registration in another State in a particular occupation, and may specify or describe conditions that will achieve equivalence.\nOn such a review, the Tribunal may make a declaration that occupations carried on in two States are not equivalent, but only if the Tribunal is satisfied that—\nthe activities involved in the occupations are not substantially the same (even with the imposition of conditions); or\nregistration in one State should not entitle registered persons to carry on a particular activity or class of activity in the other State, where—\nthe activity or class of activity is a material part of the practice of a person registered in the first State for the occupation; and\nthe activity or class of activity, if carried out by a person not conforming to the appropriate standards, could reasonably be expected to expose persons in the other State to a real threat to their health or safety or could reasonably be expected to cause significant environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution); and\nit is not practicable to protect the health or safety of such persons from that threat or the environment from such pollution by regulating the manner in which services in the occupation are provided.\nThe Registrar or other proper officer of the Tribunal must cause a notice setting out the terms of a declaration under this section to be promptly published in the Gazette .\nA declaration made on the basis of paragraph (2)(b) has effect for no longer than 12 months, and the local registration authority must promptly notify appropriate authorities in each other State and the Commonwealth of the declaration.\nThe local registration authority is to give effect to the decision on the review, and must thereafter act in conformity with the decision in relation to other persons seeking registration.\n(sch-sec.31-ssec.1) On a review, the Tribunal may make an order that a person who is registered in a particular occupation in a particular State is or is not entitled to registration in another State in a particular occupation, and may specify or describe conditions that will achieve equivalence.\n(sch-sec.31-ssec.2) On such a review, the Tribunal may make a declaration that occupations carried on in two States are not equivalent, but only if the Tribunal is satisfied that— the activities involved in the occupations are not substantially the same (even with the imposition of conditions); or registration in one State should not entitle registered persons to carry on a particular activity or class of activity in the other State, where— the activity or class of activity is a material part of the practice of a person registered in the first State for the occupation; and the activity or class of activity, if carried out by a person not conforming to the appropriate standards, could reasonably be expected to expose persons in the other State to a real threat to their health or safety or could reasonably be expected to cause significant environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution); and it is not practicable to protect the health or safety of such persons from that threat or the environment from such pollution by regulating the manner in which services in the occupation are provided.\n(sch-sec.31-ssec.3) The Registrar or other proper officer of the Tribunal must cause a notice setting out the terms of a declaration under this section to be promptly published in the Gazette .\n(sch-sec.31-ssec.4) A declaration made on the basis of paragraph (2)(b) has effect for no longer than 12 months, and the local registration authority must promptly notify appropriate authorities in each other State and the Commonwealth of the declaration.\n(sch-sec.31-ssec.5) The local registration authority is to give effect to the decision on the review, and must thereafter act in conformity with the decision in relation to other persons seeking registration.\n- (a) the activities involved in the occupations are not substantially the same (even with the imposition of conditions); or\n- (b) registration in one State should not entitle registered persons to carry on a particular activity or class of activity in the other State, where— (i) the activity or class of activity is a material part of the practice of a person registered in the first State for the occupation; and (ii) the activity or class of activity, if carried out by a person not conforming to the appropriate standards, could reasonably be expected to expose persons in the other State to a real threat to their health or safety or could reasonably be expected to cause significant environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution); and (iii) it is not practicable to protect the health or safety of such persons from that threat or the environment from such pollution by regulating the manner in which services in the occupation are provided.\n- (i) the activity or class of activity is a material part of the practice of a person registered in the first State for the occupation; and\n- (ii) the activity or class of activity, if carried out by a person not conforming to the appropriate standards, could reasonably be expected to expose persons in the other State to a real threat to their health or safety or could reasonably be expected to cause significant environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution); and\n- (iii) it is not practicable to protect the health or safety of such persons from that threat or the environment from such pollution by regulating the manner in which services in the occupation are provided.\n- (i) the activity or class of activity is a material part of the practice of a person registered in the first State for the occupation; and\n- (ii) the activity or class of activity, if carried out by a person not conforming to the appropriate standards, could reasonably be expected to expose persons in the other State to a real threat to their health or safety or could reasonably be expected to cause significant environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution); and\n- (iii) it is not practicable to protect the health or safety of such persons from that threat or the environment from such pollution by regulating the manner in which services in the occupation are provided.","sortOrder":38},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.32","sectionType":"section","heading":"Declarations by Ministers","content":"### sch-sec.32 Declarations by Ministers\n\nA Minister from each of two or more States may jointly declare, by notice in the Gazette , that specified occupations are equivalent, and may specify or describe conditions that will achieve equivalence.\nThe declaration may be amended or rescinded in the same way.\nThe declaration has effect only in relation to the States concerned.\nThe appropriate local registration authority is to give effect to the declaration.\n(sch-sec.32-ssec.1) A Minister from each of two or more States may jointly declare, by notice in the Gazette , that specified occupations are equivalent, and may specify or describe conditions that will achieve equivalence.\n(sch-sec.32-ssec.2) The declaration may be amended or rescinded in the same way.\n(sch-sec.32-ssec.3) The declaration has effect only in relation to the States concerned.\n(sch-sec.32-ssec.4) The appropriate local registration authority is to give effect to the declaration.","sortOrder":39},{"sectionNumber":"sch-pt.3-div.5","sectionType":"division","heading":"General provisions","content":"## General provisions","sortOrder":40},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.33","sectionType":"section","heading":"Disciplinary action","content":"### sch-sec.33 Disciplinary action\n\nIf a person’s registration in an occupation in a State—\nis cancelled or suspended; or\nis subject to a condition;\non disciplinary grounds, or as a result of or in anticipation of criminal, civil or disciplinary proceedings, then the person’s registration in the equivalent occupation in another State is affected in the same way.\nHowever, the local registration authority of the other State may reinstate any cancelled or suspended registration or waive any such condition if it thinks it appropriate in the circumstances.\nThis section extends to registration effected apart from this Act.\nThis section has effect despite any other provisions of this Part.\n(sch-sec.33-ssec.1) If a person’s registration in an occupation in a State— is cancelled or suspended; or is subject to a condition; on disciplinary grounds, or as a result of or in anticipation of criminal, civil or disciplinary proceedings, then the person’s registration in the equivalent occupation in another State is affected in the same way.\n(sch-sec.33-ssec.2) However, the local registration authority of the other State may reinstate any cancelled or suspended registration or waive any such condition if it thinks it appropriate in the circumstances.\n(sch-sec.33-ssec.3) This section extends to registration effected apart from this Act.\n(sch-sec.33-ssec.4) This section has effect despite any other provisions of this Part.\n- (a) is cancelled or suspended; or\n- (b) is subject to a condition;","sortOrder":41},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.34","sectionType":"section","heading":"Review of decisions","content":"### sch-sec.34 Review of decisions\n\nSubject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 , application may be made to the Tribunal for review of a decision of a local registration authority in relation to its functions under this Act.\nIn subsection (1) —\ndecision has the same meaning as in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 .\nIf a local registration authority gives a person written notice of the making of a decision referred to in subsection (1) , the notice must include a statement to the effect that—\nsubject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 , application for review of the decision may be made to the Tribunal by a person whose interests are affected by the decision; and\nexcept where subsection 28 (4) of that Act applies, application may be made in accordance with section 28 of that Act by or on behalf of that person for a statement in writing setting out the findings on material questions of fact, referring to the evidence or other material on which those findings were based, and giving the reasons for the decision.\nAny failure to comply with a requirement of subsection (3) does not affect the validity of the decision.\n(sch-sec.34-ssec.1) Subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 , application may be made to the Tribunal for review of a decision of a local registration authority in relation to its functions under this Act.\n(sch-sec.34-ssec.2) In subsection (1) — decision has the same meaning as in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 .\n(sch-sec.34-ssec.3) If a local registration authority gives a person written notice of the making of a decision referred to in subsection (1) , the notice must include a statement to the effect that— subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 , application for review of the decision may be made to the Tribunal by a person whose interests are affected by the decision; and except where subsection 28 (4) of that Act applies, application may be made in accordance with section 28 of that Act by or on behalf of that person for a statement in writing setting out the findings on material questions of fact, referring to the evidence or other material on which those findings were based, and giving the reasons for the decision.\n(sch-sec.34-ssec.4) Any failure to comply with a requirement of subsection (3) does not affect the validity of the decision.\n- (a) subject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 , application for review of the decision may be made to the Tribunal by a person whose interests are affected by the decision; and\n- (b) except where subsection 28 (4) of that Act applies, application may be made in accordance with section 28 of that Act by or on behalf of that person for a statement in writing setting out the findings on material questions of fact, referring to the evidence or other material on which those findings were based, and giving the reasons for the decision.","sortOrder":42},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.35","sectionType":"section","heading":"Costs","content":"### sch-sec.35 Costs\n\nThe Tribunal may order a party in proceedings before it to pay costs if the party has acted unreasonably.","sortOrder":43},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.36","sectionType":"section","heading":"Residence or domicile","content":"### sch-sec.36 Residence or domicile\n\nResidence or domicile in a particular State is not to be a prerequisite for or a factor in entitlement to the grant, renewal or continuation of registration arising under this Part.","sortOrder":44},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.37","sectionType":"section","heading":"Furnishing information","content":"### sch-sec.37 Furnishing information\n\nA local registration authority of a State must furnish without delay any information reasonably required by a local registration authority of another State about a person substantively registered under a law of the firstmentioned State.\nThe obligation imposed under this section does not apply unless the authority of the other State notifies the authority of the firstmentioned State that the information is required in connection with—\na notice lodged by a person seeking registration; or\na person’s deemed registration; or\nactual or possible disciplinary action against the person.\nThe authority of the firstmentioned State is empowered to provide the information, despite any law relating to secrecy or confidentiality.\nNothing in this section affects any obligation or power to provide information apart from this section.\n(sch-sec.37-ssec.1) A local registration authority of a State must furnish without delay any information reasonably required by a local registration authority of another State about a person substantively registered under a law of the firstmentioned State.\n(sch-sec.37-ssec.2) The obligation imposed under this section does not apply unless the authority of the other State notifies the authority of the firstmentioned State that the information is required in connection with— a notice lodged by a person seeking registration; or a person’s deemed registration; or actual or possible disciplinary action against the person.\n(sch-sec.37-ssec.3) The authority of the firstmentioned State is empowered to provide the information, despite any law relating to secrecy or confidentiality.\n(sch-sec.37-ssec.4) Nothing in this section affects any obligation or power to provide information apart from this section.\n- (a) a notice lodged by a person seeking registration; or\n- (b) a person’s deemed registration; or\n- (c) actual or possible disciplinary action against the person.","sortOrder":45},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.38","sectionType":"section","heading":"Receiving information","content":"### sch-sec.38 Receiving information\n\nIf a local registration authority receives information under section 37 , the information is subject to any law relating to secrecy or confidentiality that would apply if the information were provided under the law of the State under which the authority is constituted or exercises its functions.","sortOrder":46},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.39","sectionType":"section","heading":"General responsibilities of local registration authorities","content":"### sch-sec.39 General responsibilities of local registration authorities\n\nIt is the duty of each local registration authority to facilitate the operation of this Part in relation to the occupations for which the authority is responsible, and in particular to make use of the power to impose conditions in such a way as to promote the mutual recognition principle.\nIt is the duty of each local registration authority to prepare and make available guidelines and information regarding the operation of this Part in relation to the occupations for which the authority is responsible.\nThe first such guidelines and information are to be available within 6 months after the commencement of this section.\n(sch-sec.39-ssec.1) It is the duty of each local registration authority to facilitate the operation of this Part in relation to the occupations for which the authority is responsible, and in particular to make use of the power to impose conditions in such a way as to promote the mutual recognition principle.\n(sch-sec.39-ssec.2) It is the duty of each local registration authority to prepare and make available guidelines and information regarding the operation of this Part in relation to the occupations for which the authority is responsible.\n(sch-sec.39-ssec.3) The first such guidelines and information are to be available within 6 months after the commencement of this section.","sortOrder":47},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.40","sectionType":"section","heading":"Fees","content":"### sch-sec.40 Fees\n\nA local registration authority has power to impose fees in relation to substantive or deemed registration or the continuance of registration arising under this Part, but any such fees may not be greater than are applicable for registration apart from this Part.\nNothing in this section prevents the fixing or prescribing of fees referred to in this section under any other law of a State, but the fees may not be greater than can be imposed under this section.\nThe local registration authority may impose a condition on substantive or deemed registration arising under this Part to the effect that a person may not carry out activities under registration unless a fee or other payment has been paid, but such a condition may not be imposed unless it corresponds to a requirement attaching to registration apart from this Part.\nThis section does not authorise the imposition of a tax.\n(sch-sec.40-ssec.1) A local registration authority has power to impose fees in relation to substantive or deemed registration or the continuance of registration arising under this Part, but any such fees may not be greater than are applicable for registration apart from this Part.\n(sch-sec.40-ssec.2) Nothing in this section prevents the fixing or prescribing of fees referred to in this section under any other law of a State, but the fees may not be greater than can be imposed under this section.\n(sch-sec.40-ssec.3) The local registration authority may impose a condition on substantive or deemed registration arising under this Part to the effect that a person may not carry out activities under registration unless a fee or other payment has been paid, but such a condition may not be imposed unless it corresponds to a requirement attaching to registration apart from this Part.\n(sch-sec.40-ssec.4) This section does not authorise the imposition of a tax.","sortOrder":48},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.41","sectionType":"section","heading":"Formalities requiring personal attendance","content":"### sch-sec.41 Formalities requiring personal attendance\n\nNeither substantive or deemed registration, nor entitlement to registration, under this Part requires compliance with any statutory or other formalities requiring personal attendance in the second State.\nThis section applies to formalities that would otherwise have to be complied with before, at or after registration.\n(sch-sec.41-ssec.1) Neither substantive or deemed registration, nor entitlement to registration, under this Part requires compliance with any statutory or other formalities requiring personal attendance in the second State.\n(sch-sec.41-ssec.2) This section applies to formalities that would otherwise have to be complied with before, at or after registration.","sortOrder":49},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.42","sectionType":"section","heading":"Saving","content":"### sch-sec.42 Saving\n\nNothing in this Part prevents a person from seeking registration or being registered for an occupation under a law apart from this Part.","sortOrder":50},{"sectionNumber":"sch-pt.4","sectionType":"part","heading":"General","content":"# General","sortOrder":51},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.43","sectionType":"section","heading":"References to participating jurisdictions","content":"### sch-sec.43 References to participating jurisdictions\n\nFor the purposes of this Act, a participating jurisdiction is—\na State (other than a Territory) for which there is in force an Act of its Parliament that refers to the Parliament of the Commonwealth the power to enact this Act, or that adopts this Act, under paragraph (xxxvii) of section 51 of the Commonwealth Constitution; or\na Territory (being the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory) for which there is in force an Act of its legislature that requests the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact this Act or that enables this Act to apply in relation to it.\n- (a) a State (other than a Territory) for which there is in force an Act of its Parliament that refers to the Parliament of the Commonwealth the power to enact this Act, or that adopts this Act, under paragraph (xxxvii) of section 51 of the Commonwealth Constitution; or\n- (b) a Territory (being the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory) for which there is in force an Act of its legislature that requests the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact this Act or that enables this Act to apply in relation to it.","sortOrder":52},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.44","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of mutual recognition principle","content":"### sch-sec.44 Application of mutual recognition principle\n\nThe mutual recognition principle and the provisions of this Act may be taken into consideration in proceedings of any kind and for any purpose.\nNothing in this Act prevents a person from relying on the mutual recognition principle in relation to more than two States.\n(sch-sec.44-ssec.1) The mutual recognition principle and the provisions of this Act may be taken into consideration in proceedings of any kind and for any purpose.\n(sch-sec.44-ssec.2) Nothing in this Act prevents a person from relying on the mutual recognition principle in relation to more than two States.","sortOrder":53},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.45","sectionType":"section","heading":"Machinery provisions regarding limitations etc.","content":"### sch-sec.45 Machinery provisions regarding limitations etc.\n\nIn cases where Part 3 provides that conditions or undertakings that apply or are relevant to registration in the first State also apply or are relevant to registration in the second State, they are to be construed with any necessary adaptations, including the following (where appropriate and so far as practicable)—\nreferences to the first State are to be read as references to the second State;\nreferences to officers or authorities of the first State are to be read as references to the corresponding officers or authorities of the second State.\n- (a) references to the first State are to be read as references to the second State;\n- (b) references to officers or authorities of the first State are to be read as references to the corresponding officers or authorities of the second State.","sortOrder":54},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.46","sectionType":"section","heading":"Determining place of production","content":"### sch-sec.46 Determining place of production\n\nFor the purpose of determining where goods are produced for the purposes of this Act, goods are taken to be produced in the State where the most recent step has occurred in the process of producing the goods (including for example processing, harvesting or packaging the goods).\nSubsection (1) applies even though—\nthe process of production may be incomplete; or\nsome steps in the process have not yet been carried out; or\nsome steps in the process were carried out elsewhere, whether in another State or outside Australia; or\nthe goods or a component of the goods were imported.\n(sch-sec.46-ssec.1) For the purpose of determining where goods are produced for the purposes of this Act, goods are taken to be produced in the State where the most recent step has occurred in the process of producing the goods (including for example processing, harvesting or packaging the goods).\n(sch-sec.46-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies even though— the process of production may be incomplete; or some steps in the process have not yet been carried out; or some steps in the process were carried out elsewhere, whether in another State or outside Australia; or the goods or a component of the goods were imported.\n- (a) the process of production may be incomplete; or\n- (b) some steps in the process have not yet been carried out; or\n- (c) some steps in the process were carried out elsewhere, whether in another State or outside Australia; or\n- (d) the goods or a component of the goods were imported.","sortOrder":55},{"sectionNumber":"sch-sec.47","sectionType":"section","heading":"Amendment of Schedules","content":"### sch-sec.47 Amendment of Schedules\n\nThe Governor-General may make regulations amending the Schedules.\nNo such regulation may be made unless the designated person for each of the then participating jurisdictions has published a notice in the official gazette of the jurisdiction setting out the terms of the proposed regulation and requesting that it be made.\nFor the purposes of this section, the designated person for a State is the Governor, for the Australian Capital Territory is the Chief Minister and for the Northern Territory is the Administrator.\n(sch-sec.47-ssec.1) The Governor-General may make regulations amending the Schedules.\n(sch-sec.47-ssec.2) No such regulation may be made unless the designated person for each of the then participating jurisdictions has published a notice in the official gazette of the jurisdiction setting out the terms of the proposed regulation and requesting that it be made.\n(sch-sec.47-ssec.3) For the purposes of this section, the designated person for a State is the Governor, for the Australian Capital Territory is the Chief Minister and for the Northern Territory is the Administrator.","sortOrder":56}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"sch-sec.19(2)(d) and (f)-(g)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Section 19(2)(f) requires the person to state they are 'not subject to any special conditions in carrying on that occupation in any State' while section 19(2)(g) immediately requires them to 'specify any special conditions to which the person is subject in carrying on any such occupation in any State.' A person with special conditions cannot truthfully make both statements. While (f) might be read as limited to conditions arising from criminal/civil/disciplinary proceedings, the drafting creates an unavoidable logical tension where compliance with one sub-paragraph may constitute a false statement under the other.","confidence":0.72,"description":"The notice requires a person to simultaneously declare they are NOT subject to any special conditions (s.19(2)(f)) AND to specify any special conditions to which they ARE subject (s.19(2)(g)). These two requirements are logically contradictory within the same mandatory notice instrument."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"sch-sec.20(3)","severity":"high","reasoning":"Section 20(3) provides that entitlement to registration 'continues, whether or not registration (including any renewal of registration) ceases in the first State.' However, s.33 provides that cancellation or suspension on disciplinary grounds in one State affects registration in another State 'in the same way.' The tension arises where registration in the first State lapses for non-disciplinary reasons (e.g. non-renewal) after disciplinary proceedings have commenced but before a formal cancellation — s.20(3) would preserve second State registration while s.33's trigger may not yet have fired. Section 33(4) states it has effect 'despite any other provisions of this Part,' which partially resolves but does not eliminate the ambiguity about the sequencing of these operations.","confidence":0.65,"description":"Once a person obtains registration in the second State via mutual recognition, their entitlement to continued registration persists 'whether or not registration ceases in the first State.' This means a person deregistered in their home State for misconduct can remain validly registered in the second State by virtue of s.20(3), potentially circumventing the disciplinary purpose of s.33."},{"type":"circular_definition","section":"sch-sec.25(1) and sch-sec.20(1)","severity":"low","reasoning":"Section 25(1) says a person lodging a notice is 'taken to be registered as provided in section 20.' Section 20 is titled 'Entitlement to registration and continued registration' and deals with substantive registration entitlements. The cross-reference imports the full s.20 framework (including conditions limitations) into the deemed registration context, but s.20(6) itself says it is 'subject to this Part,' creating a recursive loop between the interim and substantive registration regimes.","confidence":0.6,"description":"Deemed registration under s.25(1) is defined as being 'taken to be registered as provided in section 20,' but s.20 itself governs entitlement to substantive registration, not the interim deemed registration. This creates a circular and internally confused definition where the interim status is defined by reference to the permanent status provisions."},{"type":"impossible_compliance","section":"sch-sec.46(2)(b)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The definition of place of production under s.46 is dynamic — it changes each time a new production step occurs in a different State. A seller relying on the mutual recognition principle and labelling goods as 'produced in State A' (as required by s.12(1)(a)) may find that a subsequent packaging step carried out in State B has retrospectively changed the place of production, potentially invalidating their s.12 defence without any fault on their part. Compliance with the labelling requirement of s.12 is therefore contingently impossible to guarantee at any given moment during an incomplete production process.","confidence":0.7,"description":"Goods are deemed produced in the State where the 'most recent step' in production has occurred, even where 'some steps in the process have not yet been carried out.' This means goods can be legally 'produced' in a State based on a step that occurred before production is complete, and the place of production can shift mid-process as subsequent steps occur elsewhere, creating an ambulatory and unpredictable legal status."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"sch-sec.21(1) and sch-sec.21(3)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The word 'must' in s.21(1) imposes a positive legal obligation to grant registration within one month. Section 21(3) then creates an exception allowing postponement or refusal within that same period. Read together, the 'must' in s.21(1) is effectively reduced to a default that applies only if the authority does nothing — which is confirmed by s.21(4). The provision as drafted creates the false impression of a mandatory obligation while the actual operative rule is a deemed entitlement upon inaction, not a true positive duty.","confidence":0.75,"description":"Section 21(1) provides that registration 'must be granted within one month' after lodgement, while s.21(3) provides the authority 'may' postpone or refuse within that same one-month period. The mandatory 'must grant' and the permissive 'may refuse' operate over identical timeframes with no reconciling mechanism, making the mandatory obligation illusory."},{"type":"other","section":"sch-sec.15(3)","severity":"low","reasoning":"The phrase 'longer than a period of 12 months or an aggregate period of 12 months' is logically equivalent to simply saying 'longer than 12 months in aggregate.' The disjunction adds no meaning. It may have been intended to distinguish between a single continuous exemption and multiple consecutive exemptions for the same goods, but as drafted both limbs impose the same 12-month cap, making the 'or' conjunction superfluous.","confidence":0.8,"description":"The temporary exemption provision prohibits any exemption from operating for longer than '12 months or an aggregate period of 12 months.' The use of 'or' between two identical time periods ('a period of 12 months' and 'an aggregate period of 12 months') is redundant and tautological, providing no meaningful distinction between a single exemption and successive exemptions."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"high","section_a":"sch-sec.20(3)","section_b":"sch-sec.26(4)","confidence":0.82,"description":"Section 20(3) provides that entitlement to substantive registration 'continues, whether or not registration ceases in the first State,' while s.26(4) provides that deemed registration ceases if the person 'ceases to be substantively registered in every other State mentioned in the notice.' These provisions create an asymmetry where a person who obtains substantive registration in the second State is immune to loss of first State registration (s.20(3)), but a person still on deemed registration loses it upon the same event (s.26(4)), creating an arbitrary cliff-edge depending on whether the second State authority has processed the application."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"sch-sec.10(e)","section_b":"sch-sec.11(2)","confidence":0.78,"description":"Section 10(e) exempts from compliance 'any other requirement relating to sale that would prevent or restrict, or would have the effect of preventing or restricting, the sale of the goods in the second State,' which is drafted extremely broadly. Section 11(2) preserves the operation of second State laws regulating 'the manner of the sale of goods' or 'the manner in which sellers conduct their business.' Laws regulating the manner of sale will frequently have the effect of restricting sale (e.g. hours of sale, licensed premises requirements), creating a direct conflict between what s.10(e) exempts and what s.11(2) preserves."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"sch-sec.22(3)","section_b":"sch-sec.23(1)","confidence":0.73,"description":"Section 22(3) provides that a person is 'entitled to registration immediately' at the end of a 6-month postponement period 'unless registration was refused at or before the end of that period.' Section 23(1) allows refusal on the ground that the occupation 'is not an equivalent occupation and equivalence cannot be achieved by the imposition of conditions.' However, s.23(2) provides that a refusal on equivalence grounds only 'takes effect' after a further specified period of not less than 2 weeks. This means a refusal notified on day 179 of the 6-month postponement could take effect after day 180, leaving a gap during which the person is simultaneously entitled to registration under s.22(3) and subject to a valid refusal under s.23."},{"severity":"high","section_a":"sch-sec.30(2)","section_b":"sch-sec.31(5)","confidence":0.85,"description":"Section 30(2) provides that where a Tribunal declaration and a ministerial declaration are inconsistent, the ministerial declaration prevails. Section 31(5) provides that 'the local registration authority is to give effect to the decision on the review' and must thereafter act in conformity with the Tribunal's decision. Where a Tribunal decision on review is overridden by a subsequent ministerial declaration under s.30(2), the authority is simultaneously bound to give effect to the Tribunal's decision (s.31(5)) and to follow the inconsistent ministerial declaration (s.30(2)), with no reconciliation mechanism."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"sch-sec.17(2)","section_b":"sch-sec.20(4)","confidence":0.68,"description":"Section 17(2) provides that the mutual recognition principle does not affect laws regulating the manner of carrying on an occupation, so long as those laws 'apply equally to all persons carrying on or seeking to carry on the occupation under the law of the second State' and 'are not based on the attainment or possession of some qualification or experience.' Section 20(4) preserves the application of second State laws to continuing registration on the same two conditions. However, s.20(5) separately allows conditions 'necessary to achieve equivalence of occupations' to be imposed even if they are more onerous, which could include qualification-based conditions — directly contradicting s.17(2)(b)'s exclusion of qualification-based laws from the exception."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"sch-sec.33(1)","section_b":"sch-sec.33(2)","confidence":0.7,"description":"Section 33(1) provides that disciplinary action (cancellation, suspension or conditions) in one State automatically affects registration 'in the equivalent occupation in another State in the same way.' Section 33(2) then allows the local registration authority of the other State to reinstate or waive such action 'if it thinks it appropriate.' This means s.33(1) purports to create an automatic cross-jurisdictional effect, but s.33(2) immediately grants a discretion that can neutralise it entirely, undermining the protective purpose of automatic mutual disciplinary recognition while simultaneously rendering s.33(1) potentially meaningless in practice."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act consistently delivers on its stated principal purpose: facilitating freedom of movement of goods and service providers in a national market. The provisions directly implement the mutual recognition principle for both goods and occupations, with the exceptions and qualifications being proportionate and predictable safeguards (health, safety, environment, disciplinary integrity) rather than expansions into unrelated territory."},"complexity_factors":["Dual regulatory framework covering both goods and occupations, each with their own rules and exceptions","Multiple layers of exemptions (permanent, temporary, and category-based) with specific conditions for each","Complex interplay between 'deemed registration' and 'substantive registration' with different legal effects","Detailed procedural requirements for notification, including statutory declarations and specific content requirements","Cascading disciplinary consequences across jurisdictions requiring careful cross-referencing","Equivalence determinations for occupations involve both Tribunal and Ministerial declarations with a hierarchy of precedence","Constitutional underpinning (s.51(xxxvii) referral of powers) adds an unusual layer of federalism complexity","Interoperability with multiple other Acts (Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act, Acts Interpretation Act)","Time-bound rights and entitlements (1-month, 6-month, 12-month periods) that interact with each other","'Participating jurisdiction' concept means the law's application can change dynamically as states join or leave"],"plain_english_summary":"## What This Law Does\n\nThis Act brings Queensland into a national agreement that makes it easier for people and businesses to operate across Australian state and territory borders — without having to jump through a separate set of hoops in every jurisdiction.\n\n## Two Big Things It Covers\n\n### 1. 🛒 Selling Goods Across State Lines\nIf a product is legally allowed to be sold in one Australian state or territory, it can generally be sold in Queensland (and vice versa) **without needing to meet Queensland's separate standards** on things like:\n- How the product is made or what it contains\n- How it's packaged or labelled\n- Whether it's been inspected by Queensland authorities\n\n**What still applies:** Queensland can still enforce rules about *how* goods are sold (e.g., who can buy them, licensing of sellers), transport and storage safety rules, and environmental protections — as long as those rules apply equally to Queensland-made goods too.\n\n**Temporary opt-outs:** Queensland can temporarily exempt certain goods from this scheme for up to 12 months if there's a genuine health, safety or environmental reason.\n\n### 2. 🪪 Working in a Licensed Occupation Across State Lines\nIf you're already licensed (registered) to work in a regulated occupation in another Australian state — such as a nurse, electrician, lawyer, builder, or similar — you can generally work in Queensland in the same or equivalent role **without having to re-qualify from scratch**.\n\nThe process works like this:\n- You lodge a formal written notice with the relevant Queensland registration authority\n- You can **start working immediately** while your registration is being processed (this is called \"deemed registration\")\n- Full registration must be granted within **one month**, unless there's a valid reason to delay (up to 6 months maximum)\n\n**Important conditions still apply:**\n- You must carry appropriate insurance\n- You're still subject to Queensland's disciplinary rules\n- If you've been disciplined, suspended or banned in another state, that applies in Queensland too\n- You don't need to physically travel to Queensland just to complete registration paperwork\n\n### 3. ⚖️ What If There's a Dispute?\nDecisions by registration bodies can be reviewed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (a body that independently reviews government decisions). Ministers from multiple states can also jointly declare that certain occupations are equivalent to each other.\n\n## Who Does This Affect?\n- **Businesses** selling products made or imported into another state who want to sell in Queensland\n- **Workers in licensed trades and professions** who want to work across state borders without re-qualifying\n- **Registration bodies** in Queensland who must process mutual recognition applications quickly and fairly\n\n## Why It Matters\nWithout this law, a nurse licensed in Victoria, or a food product approved for sale in NSW, could face lengthy and expensive re-approval processes just to operate in Queensland. This Act removes most of those barriers and helps create a single national market."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act implements the principal purpose stated in s3 — to promote freedom of movement of goods and service providers — by creating mutual recognition rules for goods and occupations (Parts 2 and 3). It does not expand beyond that stated purpose; rather it operationalises it while embedding explicit carve‑outs and procedural safeguards (public‑protection exceptions s11; permanent and temporary exemptions s14–s15; Tribunal and ministerial declaration mechanisms s30–s32). Those carve‑outs and administrative mechanisms narrow the practical reach in specified circumstances but function as limits within the Act’s stated implementing objective rather than representing a change in the declared principal purpose (s3)."},"complexity_factors":["Two parallel regimes: goods (Part 2) and occupations (Part 3) with different mechanics and exceptions (s8, s16)","Detailed procedural requirements for occupational notices (statutory declaration, certified documents, consent to inquiries) and fixed decision deadlines (s19, s21)","Deemed registration concept and interactions between deemed and substantive registration, including triggers for cessation (s25–s27)","Multiple layers of exception and exemption (permanent Schedule exclusions s14, temporary State exemptions s15, and public‑protection exceptions s11)","Decision‑making distributed across local registration authorities, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Ministers, including a rule that ministerial declarations prevail over Tribunal declarations (s20, s31, s30(2), s32)","Powers to share information across jurisdictions that override secrecy laws for these purposes, with confidentiality treatment on receipt (s37–s38)","Limits and caps on fees combined with ability to condition registration on payment (s40), creating administrative discretion","Technical definitional and territorial rules such as determining place of production by most recent production step (s46)","Schedule amendment machinery requiring coordinated notices in participating jurisdictions and Governor‑General regulations (s47)","Interplay with existing State and Commonwealth laws (s6) and binding the Crown subject to participating jurisdiction status (s5, s7)"],"plain_english_summary":"What the Act does (mechanics)\n\n- Establishes a mutual recognition framework for goods (Part 2) and for occupations carried on by individuals (Part 3). For goods, items lawfully produced in or imported into one participating State (the “first State”) may generally be sold in another participating State (the “second State”) without having to meet additional sale-related requirements imposed by the second State (see s9–s11, s10). For occupations, a person who is registered in the first State may notify the local registration authority in the second State and be entitled to registration there (or to carry on the occupation pending formal registration) using a statutory notice process and a system of “deemed registration” while the application is considered (see s17, s19–s27, s25).\n\n- Sets procedural rules and limits: timeframes for decision (registration must be granted within one month unless postponed or refused — s21), grounds for postponement or refusal (materially false statements, missing documents, non-equivalence — s22–s23), the content and verification requirements of notices (statutory declaration, certified evidence of registration — s19), and the scope and duration of deemed registration (s25–s27).\n\n- Creates exceptions and carve-outs. The mutual recognition principle does not displace laws of the second State that regulate how goods are sold (contractual rules, seller registration, franchise licences, etc.) provided those laws apply equally (s11(1)). It also preserves laws aimed at health, safety and environmental protection for transport, storage, handling or inspection where they apply equally, and allows temporary and permanent exemptions (s11, s14, s15).\n\n- Provides enforcement, review and decision‑making layers: local registration authorities have powers to impose, waive or reinstate conditions (s20, s27, s33); the Administrative Appeals Tribunal can review decisions and make declarations about equivalence (s31, s34); Ministers from two or more States can jointly declare occupations equivalent (s32), and a ministerial declaration prevails over a Tribunal declaration if inconsistent (s30(2)).\n\n- Requires information exchange between registration authorities (s37), and treats received information under the confidentiality laws applicable to the receiving authority (s38). It permits fees to be charged for registration or deemed registration but caps those fees at the level charged apart from this Act (s40). It includes technical definitions (goods, occupation, produced, etc.) and rules for determining the State of production (most recent step in the production process — s46). The Governor‑General may amend Schedules, but only after notice by designated persons in participating jurisdictions (s47).\n\nWho is affected\n\n- Businesses and producers that move or sell goods across State borders, and their distributors and retailers (Part 2; s9–s15).\n- Individuals who hold registration for regulated occupations in one participating jurisdiction and who wish to practise or be registered in another participating jurisdiction (Part 3; s17–s27).\n- Local registration authorities and State regulators, because they must process notices, share information, apply conditions, and implement Tribunal or ministerial declarations (s19, s21, s37, s39, s31, s32).\n- Consumers and the public indirectly, because States retain powers to require health, safety or environmental protections and inspection regimes (s11).\n\nWhy this matters (official purpose and an operational test)\n\n- The Act expressly aims to promote freedom of movement of goods and service providers in a national market (principal purpose stated in s3). Mechanically, it reduces the need for duplicate compliance when goods or registered people move between participating jurisdictions (s9 for goods; s17 and s25–s27 for occupations).\n\n- Costs and incentives: the Act lowers duplicative regulatory compliance costs for sellers and registered professionals because goods or registration valid in one participating State carry across subject to the Act (s9, s20, s25). However, businesses and practitioners still face: fees (which may be charged but capped — s40), documentary and verification burdens when lodging notices (statutory declaration and evidence of registration — s19), possible labelling requirements to rely on a defence for goods (s12), and the need to comply with certain public‑protection laws of the second State (s11). Those retained obligations create continuing compliance costs and administrative friction.\n\n- Trade‑offs and discretionary points: local registration authorities have discretion to postpone or refuse registration, impose or waive conditions, and reinstate or cancel deemed registration in certain circumstances (s21–s23, s27, s33). That discretion creates an implementation risk: outcomes can vary by State and by authority depending on interpretation of “equivalence” or necessity of conditions (s29–s31). Tribunal review is available (s31, s34), but ministerial declarations can also define equivalence and prevail over Tribunal declarations if inconsistent (s30(2), s32), concentrating decision power at the political level in some cases.\n\n- Health, safety and environmental protection retained: the Act explicitly preserves second‑State laws directed at health, safety or environmental protection (inspection, transport, storage and handling) provided they apply equally (s11). Temporary exemptions for goods are permitted only when substantially for health, safety or environmental protection and are time‑limited (s15). These provisions trade some regulatory harmonisation for retained State protective standards.\n\n- Information flows and confidentiality: registration authorities must provide requested information to an authority in another State even if secrecy/confidentiality laws would otherwise prevent it (s37); the receiving authority must treat the information according to its own secrecy rules (s38). This reduces information barriers but raises practical privacy and administrative considerations.\n\n- Effects on private choice, competition and markets: by removing many state‑specific sale or registration hurdles, the Act tends to lower barriers for interstate sellers and professionals (s9, s17), which can increase cross‑border competition and choices available to consumers. At the same time, preserved state protections, permitted exemptions, and authorities’ discretion mean that fragmentation may persist in particular sectors where health‑safety or equivalence concerns are raised (s11, s31).\n\nCompliance burden and who pays (source‑grounded)\n\n- Businesses/producers/sellers: must establish that the goods were lawfully produced or imported in the first State and may need to label goods at point of sale to rely on the statutory defence in prosecutions (s9, s12). They may also face fees where authorities impose them (s40).\n\n- Registered individuals: must lodge a written, verified notice with documentary evidence and statutory declaration, give consent for inquiries and information exchange, and may be subject to conditions or additional State requirements aimed at public protection (s19, s25–s27, s37, s11).\n\n- Local registration authorities and States: must process notices within statutory time limits, furnish information when requested (s21, s37), prepare guidelines (s39), and may exercise discretion to impose, waive or remove conditions (s20, s27, s39).\n\nConcentrated benefits, capture risk and unintended consequences to watch for (source‑grounded)\n\n- Concentrated benefits: registered professionals and firms that trade across borders gain directly from reduced duplication of registration or sale requirements (s9, s17, s25).\n\n- Capture risk and substitution effects: the Act creates formal mechanisms for exemptions (Schedules, s14; temporary exemptions, s15) and delegated decision‑making (ministerial declarations, s32) that could be used to preserve or create state‑specific advantages where justified by health/safety but potentially sought for other reasons; these mechanisms are procedural (Gazette notices and designated persons for Schedule changes — s47).\n\n- Implementation complexity and dispute risk: determining equivalence can require special conditions or Tribunal/ministerial decisions (s29–s32), which can create delay, uncertainty or forum shopping for review routes (administrative, Tribunal, ministerial).\n\nNet operational picture\n\n- The Act operationalises a mutual recognition approach: it reduces duplicate regulatory steps in many cross‑border sales and occupational mobility (s9, s17) while preserving State powers for health, safety and environment, providing administrative safeguards (notice, statutory declaration, timelines), and creating review and declaration mechanisms (Tribunal and Ministers). Practical effects depend on how frequently States use exemptions or impose conditions, how consistently equivalence is interpreted, and how promptly registration authorities act on notices (s11, s20–s23, s31–s32, s21)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be the original 1992 legislation establishing the mutual recognition scheme. The scope aligns with the stated principal purpose in section 3: promoting freedom of movement of goods and service providers in a national market. The two-part structure (goods and occupations) appears to be the original design rather than scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple overlapping frameworks: separate but parallel schemes for goods (Part 2) and occupations (Part 3)","Extensive defined terms in section 4 (17+ definitions), including recursive definitions like 'deemed registration' pointing to other sections","Nested conditional logic throughout, particularly in exceptions to the mutual recognition principle (e.g., section 11 has three layered exceptions with multiple sub-conditions each)","Cross-references between Parts and Divisions: Part 3 has 5 Divisions with intricate interdependencies (e.g., Division 3 'Interim arrangements' depends on Division 2 'Entitlement to registration')","Temporal complexity in section 21: strict 1-month deadlines for registration decisions with automatic deemed registration triggers","Equivalence determination framework (Division 4 of Part 3) involves both Tribunal declarations and Ministerial declarations with hierarchy rules (section 30)","Dual registration concepts: 'substantive registration' vs 'deemed registration' creating parallel regulatory tracks","Geographic scope conditions: 'participating jurisdiction' definition in section 43 creates conditional application based on state referral/adoption legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This law creates a system where goods and professional qualifications recognised in one Australian state or territory are automatically recognised in others. It's designed to make Australia function more like a single national market rather than eight separate economies.\n\n**For goods:** If a product can legally be sold in the state where it was made (or imported into), it can generally be sold in any other participating state without having to meet additional local standards for things like packaging, labelling, or production methods. There are exceptions for health, safety, and environmental protection.\n\n**For occupations:** If you're registered to practise a profession (like law, medicine, plumbing, etc.) in one state, you can get registered to practise an equivalent occupation in another state by simply notifying the local registration body. You get temporary ('deemed') registration immediately while your application is processed, and permanent registration within a month unless there's a problem. The second state can impose conditions to ensure equivalence, but generally can't make you retrain or requalify.\n\n**Who it affects:** Businesses selling goods across state borders, and professionals wanting to work in multiple states. It also affects state governments, which must recognise each other's standards.\n\n**Why it matters:** It removes red tape and barriers to trade and labour mobility across Australia, making it easier for businesses to expand and for people to move for work without needing multiple licences or re-certification."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/mutual-recognition-queensland-act-1992","history":"/api/acts/mutual-recognition-queensland-act-1992/history","analysis":"/api/acts/mutual-recognition-queensland-act-1992/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/mutual-recognition-queensland-act-1992/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/mutual-recognition-queensland-act-1992/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/mutual-recognition-queensland-act-1992/documents"}}