{"id":"trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-south-australia-act-1999","name":"Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (South Australia) Act 1999","slug":"trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-south-australia-act-1999","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":110578,"registerId":"sa-trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-south-australia-act-1999-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (South Australia) Act 1999","content":"South Australia\nTrans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (South Australia) Act 1999\nAn Act to facilitate the recognition within Australia of regulatory standards adopted by New Zealand regarding goods and occupations and, for that purpose, to adopt the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth as a law of the State.\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tAdoption of Commonwealth Act\n5\tRegulations for temporary exemptions\n6\tExpiry of Act\nAppendix—Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997\nLegislative history\n\nThe Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:\n1—Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (South Australia) Act 1999.\n3—Interpretation\nIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—\nthe Commonwealth Act means the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth (the text of which is set out in the Appendix).\n4—Adoption of Commonwealth Act\n\t(1)\tThe following are adopted under section 51(xxxvii) of the Commonwealth Constitution as law of the State:\n\t(a)\tthe Commonwealth Act; and\n\t(b)\tany amendments from time to time made to that Act by regulations under the Act.\n\t(2)\tThe adoption under subsection (1) has effect for a period commencing on the day on which this Act comes into operation (but not so as to give effect to any adopted provision before it comes into operation under the Commonwealth Act) and ending on a day fixed under subsection (3) as the day on which the adoption terminates.\n\t(3)\tThe Governor may, by proclamation, fix a day on which the adoption under subsection (1) will terminate.\n5—Regulations for temporary exemptions\nWithout limiting the power to make regulations under any other Act, the Governor may make regulations for the purposes of section 46 of the Commonwealth Act.\n6—Expiry of Act\nThis Act expires at the end of the period for which the Commonwealth Act is adopted under section 4.\nAppendix—Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997\nTrans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997\nNo. 190, 1997\n\t\nAn Act to provide for the recognition within Australia of regulatory standards adopted in New Zealand regarding goods and occupations\n[Assented to 7 December 1997]\n\nContents\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1\nShort title\n2\nCommencement\n3\nPrincipal purpose\n4\nInterpretation\n5\nOperation of this Act in relation to the Commonwealth\n6\nOperation of this Act in relation to the States\n7\nOperation of this Act in relation to New Zealand\n8\nCrown bound\nPart 2—Goods\n9\nTrans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle\n10\nEntitlement to sell goods\n11\nRequirements that do not need to be complied with\n12\nRequirements that do need to be complied with\n13\nDefences to offences regarding sale\n14\nGoods that comply with local law\nPart 3—Occupations\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n15\nTrans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle\n16\nEntitlement to carry on occupation\n17\nApplication of this Part\nDivision 2—Entitlement to registration\n18\nNotification to local registration authority\n19\nEntitlement to registration and continued registration\n20\nAction following notice\n21\nPostponement of registration\n22\nRefusal of registration\n23\nNotification of decision\nDivision 3—Interim arrangements\n24\nDeemed registration\n25\nDuration of deemed registration\n26\nActivities under deemed registration\nDivision 4—Equivalent occupations\n27\nEquivalent occupations\n28\nGeneral principle\n29\nDeclarations as to equivalent occupations\n30\nDeclarations by Australian Tribunal\n31\nDeclarations by Ministers\nDivision 5—General provisions\n32\nDisciplinary action\n33\nReview of decisions\n34\nCosts\n35\nCo-operation with and membership of Trans‑Tasman Occupations Tribunal (NZ)\n36\nResidence or domicile\n37\nFurnishing information\n38\nReceiving information\n39\nGeneral responsibilities of local registration authorities\n40\nFees\n41\nFormalities requiring personal attendance\n42\nSaving\nPart 4—Exclusions and exemptions\n43\nReferences to endorsing a proposed regulation\n44\nExclusions\n45\nPermanent exemptions\n46\nTemporary exemptions\n47\nContinuation of temporary exemptions to enable implementation of ministerial agreements\n48\nSpecial exemptions\n49\nExemptions relating to occupations\nPart 5—General\n50\nReferences to participating jurisdictions\n51\nApplication of Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle\n52\nMachinery provisions regarding limitations etc.\n53\nDetermining place of production\n54\nCommonwealth regulations for temporary exemptions\nSchedule 1—Exclusions\nPart 1—Introduction\n1\nExcluded laws\nPart 2—Laws\n2\nCustoms controls and tariffs (including laws relating to international obligations)\n3\nIntellectual property (including laws relating to the Paris Convention of 20 March 1983 for the Protection of Industrial Property)\n4\nOther international obligations\n5\nTaxation and business franchises\nSchedule 2—Permanent exemptions\nPart 1—Laws relating to Goods: General\n1\nQuarantine\n2\nEndangered species\nPart 2—Laws relating to Goods: Specific\n3\nCommonwealth\n4\nNew South Wales\n5\nVictoria\n6\nQueensland\n7\nWestern Australia\n8\nSouth Australia\n9\nTasmania\n10\nAustralian Capital Territory\n11\nNorthern Territory\nSchedule 3—Special exemptions\n1\nTherapeutic goods\n2\nHazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods\n3\nElectromagnetic compatibility and radiocommunications equipment\n4\nRoad vehicles\n5\nGas appliances\nSchedule 4—Exempt laws relating to occupations\n1\nExempt laws\n2\nMedical practitioners\nSchedule 5—Privacy of information collected under the Act\nPart 1—Interpretation\n1\nInterpretation\nPart 2—Principles\n2\nSolicitation of personal information from individual concerned\n3\nStorage and security of personal information\n4\nLimits on use of personal information\n5\nLimits on disclosure for personal information\n\t\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1—Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997.\n2—Commencement\n\t(1)\tThis Part commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.\n\t(2)\tThe remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.\n3—Principal purpose\n\t(1)\tThe 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 recognising within Australia regulatory standards adopted in New Zealand regarding goods and occupations.\n\t(2)\tThe legislation is as contemplated by the Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement entered into on 9 July 1996 between the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, the States of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.\n4—Interpretation\n\t(1)\tIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\nAustralia means Australia in a geographical sense, and does not include the external territories.\nAustralian jurisdiction means a participating jurisdiction, other than New Zealand.\nAustralian Tribunal means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal or a successor to that body.\nconditions, when used in relation to occupations, means conditions, limitations or restrictions.\ndeemed registration means deemed registration as defined in section 24.\ndesignated person means:\n\t(a)\tfor New Zealand—a Minister of the Crown for New Zealand; or\n\t(b)\tfor the Commonwealth—the Governor-General of Australia; or\n\t(c)\tfor a State (other than a Territory)—the Governor of the State or a Minister of the Crown for the State; or\n\t(d)\tfor the Australian Capital Territory—the Chief Minister for the Territory; or\n\t(e)\tfor the Northern Territory—the Administrator of the Territory.\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:\n\t(a)\tanimals or plants; or\n\t(b)\tmaterial of microbial origin; or\n\t(c)\ta package containing goods; or\n\t(d)\ta label attached to goods.\ngrant, when used in relation to registration, means grant, issue or otherwise confer registration.\nimport into an Australian jurisdiction 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 participating jurisdiction for an occupation means the person or authority in the jurisdiction having the function conferred by legislation of registering persons in connection with their carrying on that occupation in the jurisdiction.\nNew Zealand has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1924 of New Zealand, as in force from time to time.\nNew Zealand Act means the Act of the Parliament of New Zealand (as amended and in force from time to time) that deals with Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition and corresponds to this Act, and includes any Act replacing that Act (as amended and in force from time to time).\nNew Zealand Tribunal means the Trans‑Tasman Occupations Tribunal of New Zealand or a successor to that body.\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 50.\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 carrying on 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 participating jurisdiction, but does not include deemed registration.\n\t(2)\tA law specified or described in a Schedule to this Act includes (unless otherwise stated in the Schedule) any relevant regulations or other statutory instruments under that law.\n\t(3)\tA law specified or described in a Schedule to this Act, including any relevant regulations or other statutory instruments under that law, includes (unless otherwise stated in the Schedule) any amendment or replacement of that law, but only to the extent that the effect of the amendment or replacement does not restrict the scope of this Act.\n\t(4)\tA reference in this Act to the designated person is, in relation to a participating jurisdiction for which there is or can be more than one designated person, a reference to any one of them.\n\t(5)\tThis 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.\n5—Operation of this Act in relation to the Commonwealth\n\t(1)\tSubject to this section:\n\t(a)\tthis Act has effect despite anything in any other law of the Commonwealth enacted or made before the commencement of this section; and\n\t(b)\tany law of the Commonwealth enacted or made after the commencement of this section is to be construed as having effect subject to this Act, except where that law expressly overrides this Act.\n\t(2)\tSubject to subsection 51(2), nothing in this Act affects the operation of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992.\n6—Operation of this Act in relation to the States\n\t(1)\tThis Act applies to a State, but only while it is a participating jurisdiction.\n\t(2)\tAccordingly, a reference in this Act to a State is a reference to a State that is a participating jurisdiction, and this Act does not affect the operation of the laws of a State that is not a participating jurisdiction.\n\t(3)\tThis Act does not affect the operation of a law of a State so far as it can operate concurrently with this Act.\n7—Operation of this Act in relation to New Zealand\n\t(1)\tThe Governor-General may declare by Proclamation that this Act will cease to have effect on a specified day, if satisfied that:\n\t(a)\tNew Zealand is not a participating jurisdiction and is not likely to become a participating jurisdiction in the near future; or\n\t(b)\tNew Zealand is a participating jurisdiction but is likely to cease to be a participating jurisdiction in the near future.\n\t(2)\tSuch a Proclamation cannot be made unless the designated person for each of the participating jurisdictions (other than New Zealand and the Commonwealth) has published a notice in the official gazette of the jurisdiction requesting the making of the Proclamation.\n\t(3)\tSuch a Proclamation is effective according to its terms.\n8—Crown bound\nSubject to section 6, this Act binds the Crown in right of the Commonwealth and of each of the States.\nPart 2—Goods\n9—Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle\n\t(1)\tThe Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle as applying to goods is as set out in this Part.\n\t(2)\tThis Part deals with goods produced in or imported into New Zealand and their sale in Australia.\n10—Entitlement to sell goods\nThe Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle is that, subject to this Part, goods produced in or imported into New Zealand, that may lawfully be sold in New Zealand, either generally or in particular circumstances, may, by virtue of this Act, be sold in an Australian jurisdiction either generally or in particular circumstances (as the case may be), without the necessity for compliance with further requirements imposed by or under the law of that jurisdiction as described in section 11.\n11—Requirements that do not need to be complied with\nThe further requirements referred to in section 10 are any one or more of the following requirements relating to sale that are imposed by or under the law of the Australian jurisdiction concerned:\n\t(a)\ta requirement that the goods satisfy standards of the jurisdiction relating to the goods themselves, including for example requirements relating to their production, composition, quality or performance;\n\t(b)\ta requirement that the goods satisfy standards of the jurisdiction relating to the way the goods are presented, including for example requirements relating to their packaging, labelling, date stamping or age;\n\t(c)\ta requirement that the goods be inspected, passed or similarly dealt with in or for the purposes of the jurisdiction;\n\t(d)\ta requirement that any step in the production of the goods not occur outside the jurisdiction;\n\t(e)\tany 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 jurisdiction.\n12—Requirements that do need to be complied with\n\t(1)\tThe Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle is subject to the exceptions specified in this section.\n\t(2)\tThe first exception is that the principle does not affect the operation of any laws of an Australian jurisdiction that regulate the manner of the sale of goods in the jurisdiction or the manner in which sellers conduct or are required to conduct their business in the jurisdiction (including laws set out in the examples below), so long as those laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the jurisdiction.\nExamples:\nLaws relating to the following:\n\t(a)\tthe contractual aspects of the sale of goods;\n\t(b)\tthe registration of sellers or other persons carrying on occupations;\n\t(c)\tthe requirement for business franchise licences;\n\t(d)\tthe persons to whom goods may or may not be sold;\n\t(e)\tthe circumstances in which goods may or may not be sold.\n\t(3)\tThe second exception is that the principle does not affect the operation of any laws of an Australian jurisdiction regarding the transportation, storage or handling of goods within the jurisdiction, so long as:\n\t(a)\tthose laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the jurisdiction; and\n\t(b)\tthose laws are directed at matters affecting health and safety of persons in the jurisdiction or at preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the jurisdiction.\n\t(4)\tThe third exception is that the principle does not affect the operation of any laws of an Australian jurisdiction regarding the inspection of goods within the jurisdiction, so long as:\n\t(a)\tinspection or the requirement for inspection is not a prerequisite to the sale of the goods in the jurisdiction; and\n\t(b)\tthose laws apply equally to goods produced in or imported into the jurisdiction; and\n\t(c)\tthose laws are directed at matters affecting the health and safety of persons in the jurisdiction or at preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the jurisdiction.\n13—Defences to offences regarding sale\n\t(1)\tIt is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against a law of an Australian jurisdiction in relation to the sale of any goods if the defendant expressly claims that the Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle applies and establishes that:\n\t(a)\tthe goods were labelled at the point of sale with a statement to the effect that the goods were produced in or imported into New Zealand; and\n\t(b)\tthe defendant had no reasonable grounds for suspecting that they were not so produced or imported.\n\t(2)\tThe defence is not available if the prosecution proves that the Trans‑Tasman 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 New Zealand).\n\t(3)\tAny relevant presumptions or evidentiary procedures under the law of New Zealand are available to the prosecution or defendant in relation to matters sought to be proved by the prosecution under subsection (2).\n\t(4)\tAny relevant defences under the law of New Zealand are available to the defendant in relation to matters sought to be proved by the prosecution under subsection (2).\n\t(5)\tThis section does not affect any defence that is available apart from this section.\n14—Goods that comply with local law\nNothing in this Part prevents goods from being sold in an Australian jurisdiction if (apart from this Act) they comply with the relevant requirements of the law in force in the jurisdiction.\nPart 3—Occupations\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n15—Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle\n\t(1)\tThe Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle as applying to occupations is as set out in this Part.\n\t(2)\tThis Part deals with the ability of a person who is registered in connection with an occupation in New Zealand to carry on an equivalent occupation in Australia.\n16—Entitlement to carry on occupation\n\t(1)\tThe Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle is that, subject to this Part, a person who is registered in New Zealand for an occupation is, by virtue of this Act, entitled after notifying the local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction for the equivalent occupation:\n\t(a)\tto be registered in the jurisdiction for the equivalent occupation; and\n\t(b)\tpending such registration, to carry on the equivalent occupation in the jurisdiction.\n\t(2)\tHowever, the Trans‑Tasman 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 an Australian jurisdiction, so long as those laws:\n\t(a)\tapply equally to all persons carrying on or seeking to carry on the occupation under the law of the jurisdiction; and\n\t(b)\tare not based on the attainment or possession of some qualification or experience relating to fitness to carry on the occupation.\n17—Application of this Part\n\t(1)\tThis Part applies to individuals and occupations carried on by them.\n\t(2)\tThis 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 participating jurisdiction, and accordingly this Part applies in relation to each such system of registration and each such authority.\n\t(3)\tWithout 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.\nDivision 2—Entitlement to registration\n18—Notification to local registration authority\n\t(1)\tA person who is registered in New Zealand for an occupation may lodge a written notice with the local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction for the equivalent occupation, seeking registration for the equivalent occupation in accordance with the Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle.\n\t(2)\tThe notice must:\n\t(a)\tstate that the person is registered for the occupation in New Zealand; and\n\t(b)\tstate the occupation for which registration is sought and that it is being sought in accordance with the Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle; and\n\t(c)\tspecify all the participating jurisdictions in which the person has substantive registration for equivalent occupations; and\n\t(d)\tstate that the person is not the subject of disciplinary proceedings in any participating jurisdiction (including any preliminary investigations or action that might lead to disciplinary proceedings) in relation to those occupations; and\n\t(e)\tstate that the person's registration in any participating jurisdiction is not cancelled or currently suspended as a result of disciplinary action; and\n\t(f)\tstate that the person is not otherwise personally prohibited from carrying on any such occupation in any participating jurisdiction, and is not subject to any special conditions in carrying on that occupation, as a result of criminal, civil or disciplinary proceedings in any participating jurisdiction; and\n\t(g)\tspecify any special conditions to which the person is subject in carrying on any such occupation in any participating jurisdiction; and\n\t(h)\tgive consent to the making of inquiries of, and the exchange of information with, the authorities of any participating jurisdiction regarding the person's activities in the relevant occupation or occupations or otherwise regarding matters relevant to the notice.\n\t(3)\tThe 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\t(4)\tAs 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\t(5)\tThe statements and other information in the notice must be verified by statutory declaration.\n\t(6)\tThe local registration authority may permit the notice to be amended after it is lodged.\n19—Entitlement to registration and continued registration\n\t(1)\tA person who lodges a notice under section 18 with a local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction is entitled to be registered in the equivalent occupation, as if the law of the jurisdiction that deals with registration expressly provided that registration in New Zealand is a sufficient ground of entitlement to registration.\n\t(2)\tThe local registration authority may grant registration on that ground and may grant renewals of such registration.\n\t(3)\tOnce a person is registered on that ground, the entitlement to registration continues, whether or not registration (including any renewal of registration) ceases in New Zealand.\n\t(4)\tContinuance of registration is otherwise subject to the laws of the jurisdiction, to the extent to which those laws:\n\t(a)\tapply equally to all persons carrying on or seeking to carry on the occupation under the law of the jurisdiction; and\n\t(b)\tare not based on the attainment or possession of some qualification or experience relating to fitness to carry on the occupation.\n\t(5)\tThe 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 New Zealand or that are necessary to achieve equivalence of occupations.\n\t(6)\tThis section has effect subject to this Part.\n20—Action following notice\n\t(1)\tRegistration must be granted within one month after the notice is lodged with the local registration authority under section 18.\n\t(2)\tWhen granted, registration takes effect as from the date the notice was lodged.\n\t(3)\tHowever, 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\t(4)\tIf 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.\n21—Postponement of registration\n\t(1)\tA local registration authority may postpone the grant of registration, if:\n\t(a)\tany of the statements or information in the notice as required by section 18 are materially false or misleading; or\n\t(b)\tany document or information as required by section 18(3) has not been provided or is materially false or misleading; or\n\t(c)\tthe circumstances of the person lodging the notice have materially changed since the date of the notice or the date it was lodged; or\n\t(d)\tthe authority decides that the occupation in which registration is sought is not an equivalent occupation.\n\t(2)\tIf the grant of registration has been postponed, the local registration authority may in due course grant or refuse the registration.\n\t(3)\tThe 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\t(4)\tNothing in subsection (3) prevents earlier registration from being granted on a review by the Australian Tribunal.\n22—Refusal of registration\n\t(1)\tA local registration authority may refuse the grant of registration, if:\n\t(a)\tany of the statements or information in the notice as required by section 18 are materially false or misleading; or\n\t(b)\tany document or information as required by section 18(3) has not been provided or is materially false or misleading; or\n\t(c)\tthe 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\t(2)\tA 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 Australian Tribunal, in which case the Tribunal may make whatever orders it considers appropriate.\n23—Notification of decision\nA local registration authority must give the person who lodges a notice in accordance with section 18 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.\nDivision 3—Interim arrangements\n24—Deemed registration\n\t(1)\tA person who lodges a notice under section 18 with a local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction is, pending the grant or refusal of registration, taken to be registered as provided in section 19.\n\t(2)\tSuch registration is called deemed registration in this Act.\n\t(3)\tDeemed registration in one Australian jurisdiction does not of itself provide a basis for registration in another Australian jurisdiction.\n25—Duration of deemed registration\n\t(1)\tA person's deemed registration in an Australian jurisdiction continues until it is cancelled or suspended or otherwise ceases in accordance with this Part.\n\t(2)\tA person's deemed registration in an Australian jurisdiction ceases if the person becomes substantively registered in the jurisdiction in connection with the occupation concerned.\n\t(3)\tA person's deemed registration in an Australian jurisdiction ceases if the local registration authority of the jurisdiction refuses to grant registration, subject to any determination of the Australian Tribunal.\n\t(4)\tA person's deemed registration in an Australian jurisdiction ceases if the person ceases to be substantively registered in every other participating jurisdiction mentioned in the notice as required by section 18(2)(c).\n\t(5)\tA local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction may cancel a person's deemed registration in the jurisdiction if the person requests cancellation.\n\t(6)\tDeemed registration is not affected by postponement of the grant of substantive registration.\n26—Activities under deemed registration\n\t(1)\tA person who has deemed registration in an Australian jurisdiction may carry on the occupation in the jurisdiction as if the deemed registration were substantive registration in the jurisdiction.\n\t(2)\tHowever, the person may do so only:\n\t(a)\twithin the limits conferred by the person's substantive registration in New Zealand; and\n\t(b)\twithin the limits conferred by the person's deemed registration in the Australian jurisdiction; and\n\t(c)\tsubject to any conditions or undertakings applying to the person's registration in New Zealand, unless waived by the local registration authority of the Australian jurisdiction under this section; and\n\t(d)\tsubject to any conditions applying to the person's deemed registration.\n\t(3)\tWithout limiting anything in this Division:\n\t(a)\tthe person may not carry on the occupation in the Australian jurisdiction 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\t(b)\ta person who has deemed registration in an occupation in the Australian jurisdiction is subject to any disciplinary provisions and arrangements that are applicable to persons who are substantively registered in the jurisdiction; and\n\t(c)\treferences in the law of the Australian jurisdiction to persons registered in an occupation under the law of the jurisdiction (however expressed) extend to persons who have deemed registration for the occupation under this Act.\n\t(4)\tHowever, the local registration authority of the Australian jurisdiction may waive any condition imposed under the law of New Zealand, or any undertaking given to the local registration authority of New Zealand, if it thinks it appropriate in the circumstances.\n\t(5)\tThe local registration authority of the Australian jurisdiction 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 New Zealand or that are necessary to achieve equivalence of occupations.\nDivision 4—Equivalent occupations\n27—Equivalent occupations\nThe equivalence of occupations carried on in different participating jurisdictions is, for the purposes of this Act, to be determined in accordance with this Part.\n28—General principle\n\t(1)\tAn occupation for which persons may be registered in New Zealand is taken to be equivalent to an occupation for which persons may be registered in an Australian jurisdiction 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\t(2)\tConditions may be imposed on registration under this Part so as to achieve equivalence between occupations in different participating jurisdictions.\n\t(3)\tThis section has effect subject to any relevant declarations in force under this Division.\n29—Declarations as to equivalent occupations\n\t(1)\tThis Part is to be given effect in accordance with relevant declarations (if any) made under this Division regarding equivalent occupations.\n\t(2)\tIf a declaration made by the Australian Tribunal under section 30 and a declaration made by Ministers under section 31 are inconsistent, the ministerial declaration prevails.\n\t(3)\tA declaration under this Part does not affect the registration of any person already registered (except in the case of a declaration made by the Australian Tribunal in relation to that person specifically).\n30—Declarations by Australian Tribunal\n\t(1)\tOn a review, the Australian Tribunal may make an order that a person who is registered in a particular occupation in New Zealand is or is not entitled to registration in an Australian jurisdiction in a particular occupation, and may specify or describe conditions that will achieve equivalence.\n\t(2)\tOn a review, the Australian Tribunal may make a declaration that occupations carried on in New Zealand and an Australian jurisdiction are not equivalent, but only if the Australian Tribunal is satisfied that:\n\t(a)\tthe activities involved in the occupations are not substantially the same (even with the imposition of conditions); or\n\t(b)\tregistration in New Zealand should not entitle registered persons to carry on a particular activity or class of activity in an Australian jurisdiction, where:\n\t(i)\tthe activity or class of activity is a material part of the practice of a person registered in New Zealand for the occupation; and\n\t(ii)\tthe 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 Australian jurisdiction 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\t(iii)\tit 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\t(3)\tThe Registrar or other proper officer of the Australian Tribunal must cause a notice setting out the terms of a declaration under this section to be promptly published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette.\n\t(4)\tA 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 participating jurisdiction of the declaration.\n\t(5)\tThe 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.\n31—Declarations by Ministers\n\t(1)\tA Minister from New Zealand and a Minister from each of one or more Australian jurisdictions may jointly declare, by notice in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, that specified occupations are equivalent, and may specify or describe conditions that will achieve equivalence.\n\t(2)\tThe declaration may be amended or rescinded in the same way.\n\t(3)\tThe declaration has effect only in relation to the participating jurisdictions concerned.\n\t(4)\tThe appropriate local registration authority is to give effect to the declaration.\nDivision 5—General provisions\n32—Disciplinary action\n\t(1)\tIf a person's registration in an occupation in New Zealand:\n\t(a)\tis cancelled or suspended; or\n\t(b)\tis 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 an Australian jurisdiction is affected in the same way.\n\t(2)\tHowever, the local registration authority of the Australian jurisdiction may reinstate any cancelled or suspended registration or waive any such condition if it thinks it appropriate in the circumstances.\n\t(3)\tThis section extends to registration effected apart from this Act.\n\t(4)\tThis section has effect despite any other provisions of this Part.\n33—Review of decisions\n\t(1)\tSubject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, application may be made to the Australian Tribunal for review of a decision of a local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction in relation to its functions under this Act.\n\t(2)\tIn subsection (1):\ndecision has the same meaning as in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975.\n\t(3)\tIf 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:\n\t(a)\tsubject to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, application for review of the decision may be made to the Australian Tribunal by a person whose interests are affected by the decision; and\n\t(b)\texcept 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\t(4)\tAny failure to comply with a requirement of subsection (3) does not affect the validity of the decision.\n34—Costs\nThe Australian Tribunal may order a party in proceedings before it to pay costs if the party has acted unreasonably.\n35—Co-operation with and membership of Trans‑Tasman Occupations Tribunal (NZ)\n\t(1)\tThe purpose of this section is to promote consistency between decisions made by the Australian Tribunal for the purposes of this Act and decisions made by the New Zealand Tribunal for the purposes of the New Zealand Act.\n\t(2)\tIn making decisions for the purposes of this Act, the Australian Tribunal is to have regard to decisions of the New Zealand Tribunal.\n\t(3)\tFor the purposes of a review of a decision referred to in subsection 33(1) of this Act, the President of the Australian Tribunal may, in the exercise of the power under paragraph 20(1A)(b) of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, direct that the persons who are to constitute the Australian Tribunal for the purposes of that review include:\n\t(a)\tthe Chairperson of the New Zealand Tribunal; or\n\t(b)\ta person included on the panel maintained under the New Zealand Act who is nominated by the Chairperson of the New Zealand Tribunal for the purposes of that review.\n\t(4)\tThe President of the Australian Tribunal must exercise the power given by subsection (3) in accordance with arrangements made from time to time between the President and the Chairperson of the New Zealand Tribunal.\n\t(5)\tA reference in Part III, IIIA, IV or VI of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 to a member includes a reference to a person included in a direction under subsection (3).\n\t(6)\tIn spite of anything in any other Act, the Chairperson of the New Zealand Tribunal, or a person included on the panel maintained under the New Zealand Act, is not entitled to remuneration or allowances in respect of service as a member of the Australian Tribunal as permitted by this Act.\n\t(7)\tService by a member of the Australian Tribunal on the New Zealand Tribunal under the New Zealand Act is taken for all purposes of Australian law to be service as a member of the Australian Tribunal.\n36—Residence or domicile\nResidence or domicile in a particular participating jurisdiction is not to be a prerequisite for or a factor in entitlement to the grant, renewal or continuation of registration arising under this Part.\n37—Furnishing information\n\t(1)\tA local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction must furnish without delay any information reasonably required by a local registration authority of another participating jurisdiction about a person substantively registered under a law of the Australian jurisdiction.\n\t(2)\tThe obligation imposed under this section does not apply unless the authority of the other participating jurisdiction notifies the authority of the firstmentioned jurisdiction that the information is required in connection with:\n\t(a)\ta notice lodged by a person seeking registration; or\n\t(b)\ta person's deemed registration; or\n\t(c)\tactual or possible disciplinary action against the person.\n\t(3)\tThe authority of the firstmentioned jurisdiction is empowered to provide the information, despite any law relating to secrecy, confidentiality or privacy.\n\t(4)\tNothing in this section affects any obligation or power to provide information apart from this section.\n38—Receiving information\nIf a local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction receives information under section 37 of this Act or the corresponding provision of the New Zealand Act, the information is subject to any law relating to secrecy, confidentiality or privacy that would apply if the information were provided under the law of the jurisdiction under which the authority is constituted or exercises its functions.\n39—General responsibilities of local registration authorities\n\t(1)\tIt is the duty of each local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction 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 Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle.\n\t(2)\tIt is the duty of each local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction 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\t(3)\tThe first such guidelines and information are to be available within 6 months after the commencement of this section.\n\t(4)\tIn dealing with information obtained or to be obtained under this Act, a local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction must have regard to the principles relating to information privacy set out in Schedule 5.\n\t(5)\tNothing in subsection (4) or in Schedule 5:\n\t(a)\taffects the operation or validity of any decision or other action taken under this Act; or\n\t(b)\tgives rise to, or can be taken into account in, any civil cause of action; or\n\t(c)\tcreates rights or duties that are enforceable in judicial or other proceedings.\n40—Fees\n\t(1)\tA local registration authority of an Australian jurisdiction 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\t(2)\tNothing in this section prevents the fixing or prescribing of fees referred to in this section under any other law of an Australian jurisdiction, but the fees may not be greater than can be imposed under this section.\n\t(3)\tThe 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\t(4)\tThis section does not authorise the imposition of a tax.\n41—Formalities requiring personal attendance\n\t(1)\tNeither substantive or deemed registration, nor entitlement to registration, under this Part requires compliance with any statutory or other formalities requiring personal attendance in the Australian jurisdiction concerned.\n\t(2)\tThis section applies to formalities that would otherwise have to be complied with before, at or after registration.\n42—Saving\nNothing in this Part prevents a person from seeking registration or being registered for an occupation under a law apart from this Part.\nPart 4—Exclusions and exemptions\n43—References to endorsing a proposed regulation\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of this Part, a jurisdiction endorses a regulation if the designated person for the jurisdiction publishes a notice in the official gazette of the jurisdiction setting out and endorsing the terms of the regulation before it is made.\n\t(2)\tHowever, the making of a recommendation by a Minister to the Governor-General for the making of a regulation amounts to endorsement of the regulation by the Commonwealth, and the Commonwealth is taken to have endorsed the regulation for the purposes of this Part if the regulation is in fact made.\n44—Exclusions\n\t(1)\tThis Act does not affect laws of an Australian jurisdiction specified or described in Schedule 1, to the extent that Schedule 1 indicates that they are excluded from the operation of this Act.\n\t(2)\tThe Governor-General may make regulations amending Schedule 1.\n\t(3)\tA regulation may not be made for the purposes of this section unless all of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the regulation.\n\t(4)\tHowever:\n\t(a)\tif such a regulation merely omits or reduces the extent of an exclusion of a law of a State from Schedule 1, the regulation may be made if the State has endorsed the regulation; or\n\t(b)\tif such a regulation amends Part 2 of Schedule 1 by substituting or adding a law of a State that relates to a matter referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of subclause 1(1) of Part 1 of that Schedule, the regulation may be made if the State has endorsed the regulation.\n45—Permanent exemptions\n\t(1)\tThis Act does not affect the operation of laws of an Australian jurisdiction specified or described in Schedule 2, to the extent that Schedule 2 indicates that they are exempt from the operation of this Act.\n\t(2)\tSuch an exemption may be limited or unlimited in its application. If a law is specified or described in Schedule 2 without any limitation, it is taken to be wholly exempt from the operation of this Act.\n\t(3)\tThe Governor-General may make regulations amending Schedule 2.\n\t(4)\tA regulation may not be made for the purposes of this section unless all of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the regulation.\n\t(5)\tHowever:\n\t(a)\tif such a regulation relates solely to one or more laws specified or described in Schedule 3 and will not take effect within 5 years after the commencement of section 48, the regulation may be made if at least two-thirds of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the regulation; or\n\t(b)\tif such a regulation merely omits or reduces the extent of an exemption of a law of a State from Schedule 2, the regulation may be made if the State has endorsed the regulation.\n46—Temporary exemptions\n\t(1)\tThis Act does not:\n\t(a)\tapply to the sale in an Australian jurisdiction of exempt goods; or\n\t(b)\taffect the operation of exempt laws of an Australian jurisdiction relating to a particular kind of goods.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of this section, goods or laws are exempt if the goods are of a kind, or the laws are, for the time being declared by or under an Act or regulation of the jurisdiction to be exempt from the operation of this Act.\n\t(3)\tAny such exemptions have effect only if they are substantially for the purpose of protecting the health and safety of persons in the jurisdiction or preventing, minimising or regulating environmental pollution (including air, water, noise or soil pollution) in the jurisdiction.\n\t(4)\tNo 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.\n47—Continuation of temporary exemptions to enable implementation of ministerial agreements\n\t(1)\tThe purpose of this section is to create a mechanism to provide an additional period not exceeding 12 months for legislative or other action to be taken to implement a ministerial agreement arising out of consideration of an exemption under section 46. However, this subsection does not provide grounds for invalidating any regulations made for the purposes of this section.\n\t(2)\tThis Act does not:\n\t(a)\tapply to the sale in an Australian jurisdiction of exempt goods; or\n\t(b)\taffect the operation of exempt laws of an Australian jurisdiction relating to a particular kind of goods.\n\t(3)\tFor the purposes of this section, goods or laws are exempt if the goods are of a kind, or the laws are, for the time being declared by regulations under this Act to be exempt from the operation of this Act.\n\t(4)\tThe Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of this section, but any such regulations may be made only if they have the effect of continuing or reviving, wholly or partly, and with or without modification, the effect of an exemption under section 46.\n\t(5)\tSuch a modification may only:\n\t(a)\tin the case of an exemption relating to goods:\n\t(i)\tlimit the circumstances in which the goods are exempt; or\n\t(ii)\tprovide that the exemption does not apply if certain standards or conditions are complied with in relation to the goods; or\n\t(b)\tin the case of an exemption relating to a law:\n\t(i)\tmodify the operation of the law while the exemption operates; or\n\t(ii)\tprovide that the exemption does not apply in relation to particular goods if certain standards or conditions are complied with in relation to the goods.\n\t(6)\tThe regulations may discontinue any exemption under this section.\n\t(7)\tA regulation may not be made for the purposes of this section unless at least two-thirds of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the regulation.\n\t(8)\tNo exemption under this section operates (together with the period of any previous such exemption) for longer than a period of 12 months or an aggregate period of 12 months after the corresponding exemption under section 46 ceases to operate.\n\t(9)\tIn this section:\nministerial agreement means an agreement of Ministers of participating jurisdictions made in relation to goods or laws that are the subject of an exemption under section 46.\n48—Special exemptions\n\t(1)\tThis Act does not affect the operation of laws of an Australian jurisdiction that relate to goods and that are specified or described in Schedule 3, to the extent that Schedule 3 indicates that they are exempt from the operation of this Act.\n\t(2)\tSuch an exemption operates for no longer than a period of 12 months after the commencement of this section, but may be extended in whole or in part by the regulations from time to time by one or more further periods each not exceeding 12 months.\n\t(3)\tA regulation may not be made for the purposes of subsection (2) if the exemption has expired or has otherwise ceased to be in force.\n\t(4)\tThe Governor-General may make regulations amending Schedule 3 for the purposes of subsection (2) or (6).\n\t(5)\tA regulation may not be made for the purposes of this section unless at least two-thirds of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the regulation.\n\t(6)\tHowever, if such a regulation merely omits any matter relating to an exemption that has expired or has otherwise ceased to be in force, the regulation may be made if the Commonwealth has endorsed the regulation.\n49—Exemptions relating to occupations\n\t(1)\tThis Act does not affect the operation of laws of an Australian jurisdiction that relate to occupations and that are specified or described in Schedule 4, to the extent that Schedule 4 indicates that they are exempt from the operation of this Act.\n\t(2)\tThe Governor-General may make regulations amending Schedule 4.\n\t(3)\tA regulation may not be made for the purposes of this section unless all of the then participating jurisdictions have endorsed the regulation.\n\t(4)\tHowever, if such a regulation amends Schedule 4 by omitting a law of a State, the regulation may be made if the State has endorsed the regulation.\nPart 5—General\n50—References to participating jurisdictions\nFor the purposes of this Act, a participating jurisdiction is:\n\t(a)\tNew Zealand, while there is in force an Act of its Parliament that corresponds to this Act; or\n\t(b)\tthe Commonwealth; or\n\t(c)\ta 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\t(d)\ta 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.\n51—Application of Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle\n\t(1)\tThe Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle and the provisions of this Act may be taken into consideration in proceedings of any kind and for any purpose.\n\t(2)\tNothing in this Act or the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 prevents a person from relying on the Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle in relation to more than one Australian jurisdiction.\n52—Machinery provisions regarding limitations etc.\nIn cases where Part 3 provides that conditions or undertakings that apply or are relevant to registration in New Zealand also apply or are relevant to registration in an Australian jurisdiction, they are to be construed with any necessary adaptations, including the following (where appropriate and so far as practicable):\n\t(a)\treferences to New Zealand are to be read as references to the Australian jurisdiction;\n\t(b)\treferences to officers or authorities of New Zealand are to be read as references to the corresponding officers or authorities of the Australian jurisdiction.\n53—Determining place of production\n\t(1)\tFor the purpose of determining where goods are produced for the purposes of this Act, goods are taken to be produced in New Zealand if the most recent step in the process of producing the goods (including for example processing, harvesting or packaging the goods) has occurred there.\n\t(2)\tSubsection (1) applies even though:\n\t(a)\tthe process of production may be incomplete; or\n\t(b)\tsome steps in the process have not yet been carried out; or\n\t(c)\tsome steps in the process were carried out elsewhere; or\n\t(d)\tthe goods or a component of the goods were imported into New Zealand.\n54—Commonwealth regulations for temporary exemptions\nWithout limiting any other power under any other Act, the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes mentioned in section 46.\nSchedule 1—Exclusions\nNote:\nSee section 44.\nPart 1—Introduction\n1—Excluded laws\n\t(1)\tThe laws specified or described in this Schedule are excluded from the operation of this Act, so far as they relate to:\n\t(a)\tcustoms controls and tariffs—but only to the extent that the laws provide for the imposition of tariffs and related measures (for example, anti-dumping and countervailing duties) and the prohibition or restriction of imports; and\n\t(b)\tintellectual property—but only to the extent that the laws provide for the protection of intellectual rights and relate to requirements for the sale of goods set out in section 11; and\n\t(c)\ttaxation and business franchises—but only to the extent that the laws relate to taxes imposed on the sale of locally produced and imported goods in a non-discriminatory way, including, for example, wholesale sales tax (Commonwealth) and business franchise and stamp duties (States); and\n\t(d)\tthe implementation of international obligations—but only to the extent that the laws implementing those obligations deal with the requirements relating to the sale of goods set out in section 11.\n\t(2)\tThe laws specified or described in this Schedule are excluded only to the extent that those laws would be affected by the Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle as applying to goods.\nPart 2—Laws\n2—Customs controls and tariffs (including laws relating to international obligations)\n\tProhibited imports\nCustoms (Prohibited Imports) Regulations of the Commonwealth\nCommerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905 of the Commonwealth\nAny other laws of the Commonwealth, to the extent that they provide for the prohibition or restriction of imports and would be affected by the Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition principle as applying to goods.\n\tTariffs\nCustoms Tariff Act 1995 of the Commonwealth\nCustoms Act 1901 of the Commonwealth, Part XVB\nCustoms Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975 of the Commonwealth\n3—Intellectual property (including laws relating to the Paris Convention of 20 March 1983 for the Protection of Industrial Property)\nPatents Act 1990 of the Commonwealth\nTrade Marks Act 1995 of the Commonwealth\nDesigns Act 1906 of the Commonwealth\nOlympic Insignia Protection Act 1987 of the Commonwealth\nScout Association Act 1924 of the Commonwealth\nDefence (Transitional Provisions) Act 1946 of the Commonwealth\nDefence Transition (Residual Provisions) Act 1952 of the Commonwealth\nPlant Breeder's Rights Act 1994 of the Commonwealth\nCopyright Act 1968 of the Commonwealth\nCircuit Layouts Act 1989 of the Commonwealth\nSydney 2000 Games (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 1996 of the Commonwealth\nUnauthorised Documents Act 1922 of New South Wales\nUnauthorized Documents Act 1958 of Victoria\nBadge, Arms, Floral and other Emblems of Queensland Act 1959 of Queensland\nArmorial Bearings Protection Act 1979 of Western Australia\nUnauthorised Documents Act 1916 of South Australia\nUnauthorized Documents Act 1986 of Tasmania\nCity of Canberra Arms Act 1932 of the Australian Capital Territory\nFlag and Emblem Act 1985 of the Northern Territory\n4—Other international obligations\nWildlife Protection (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1982 of the Commonwealth, sections 21 and 22, to the extent that they implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora\nHazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 of the Commonwealth, sections 12, 14, 15, 17, 18B, 20, 24–31, 34 and 39, to the extent that they implement the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal 1989\nThe following laws, to the extent that they implement the Charter of the United Nations (as it relates to the imposition of United Nations sanctions):\nCharter of the United Nations Act 1945 of the Commonwealth, section 6\nAir Navigation Act 1920 of the Commonwealth, section 26\nBanking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth, section 71\nMigration Act 1958 of the Commonwealth, subsection 31(3), paragraph 116(1)(g) and section 504\nCustoms Act 1901 of the Commonwealth, section 50\nProtection of Movable Cultural Heritage Act 1986 of the Commonwealth, to the extent that it implements the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Convention Regulating the International Trade in Cultural Property 1970\nThe following laws, to the extent that they implement the European Union-Australia Wine Agreement—Protection of Certain Names and Expressions:\nAustralian Wine and Brandy Corporation Act 1980 of the Commonwealth, Part VIB and Part VIA (Label Integrity Program)\nAustralian Wine and Brandy Corporation (Exports) Regulations of the Commonwealth, Parts 3 and 4\n5—Taxation and business franchises\nSales Tax Assessment Act 1992 of the Commonwealth\nSales Tax (Exemptions and Classifications) Act 1992 of the Commonwealth\nLaws of a State imposing or providing for the imposition, assessment or collection of taxation, including stamp duties, and providing for business licences.\nSchedule 2—Permanent exemptions\nNote:\nSee section 45.\nThe laws specified or described in this Schedule are exempt from the operation of this Act.\nPart 1—Laws relating to Goods: General\n1—Quarantine\nA law of an Australian jurisdiction, including a law relating to quarantine, to the extent that:\n\t(a)\tthe law is enacted or made substantially for the purpose of preventing the entry or spread of any pest, disease, organism, variety, genetic disorder or any other similar thing; and\n\t(b)\tthe law authorises the application of quarantine measures that do not amount to an arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or to a disguised restriction on trade between Australia and New Zealand and are not inconsistent with the requirements of the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation.\n2—Endangered species\nA law of an Australian jurisdiction, to the extent that it is enacted or made substantially for the purpose of protecting a species or other class of animals or plants from extinction in the jurisdiction and that it prohibits or restricts the possession, sale, killing or capture of animals or plants of that species or other class in the jurisdiction.\nPart 2—Laws relating to Goods: Specific\n3—Commonwealth\n\tFirearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons\nCustoms (Prohibited Imports) Regulations\n\tFireworks\nCustoms (Prohibited Imports) Regulations\n\tIndecent material\nClassification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995\n\tOzone protection\nOzone Protection Act 1989\n\tAgricultural and veterinary chemicals\nAgricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994\nAgricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994\n\tOther\nImported Food Control Act 1992 (to the extent that it deals with risk categorised food commodities)\n4—New South Wales\n\tFirearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons\nFirearms Act 1996\nProhibited Weapons Act 1989\n\tFireworks\nDangerous Goods Act 1975 (to the extent that it deals with fireworks)\n\tGaming machines\nRegistered Clubs Act 1976, Parts 10 and 11\nLiquor Act 1982, Part 11\n\tIndecent material\nClassification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1995\n\tOzone protection\nOzone Protection Act 1989\n5—Victoria\n\tFirearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons\nFirearms Act 1958\nFirearms Regulations 1995\nControl of Weapons Act 1990\nControl of Weapons Regulations 1990\n\tFireworks\nDangerous Goods Act 1985 (to the extent that it deals with fireworks)\nDangerous Goods (Explosives) Regulations 1988, Part 8, Division 5\n\tGaming machines\nGaming Machine Control Act 1991\n\tIndecent material\nClassification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995\n\tOzone protection\nEnvironment Protection Act 1970, sections 16 and 41 (to the extent that they deal with ozone depleting substances) and paragraph 71(1)(gba)\n6—Queensland\n\tFirearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons\nWeapons Act 1990\n\tFireworks\nExplosives Act 1952 (to the extent that it deals with fireworks)\n\tGaming machines\nGaming Machine Act 1991\n\tIndecent material\nClassification of Films Act 1991\nClassification of Publications Act 1991\n\tOzone protection\nEnvironmental Protection (Interim) Regulation 1995 under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (to the extent that it deals with ozone depleting substances)\n7—Western Australia\n\tFirearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons\nFirearms Act 1973\n\tFireworks\nExplosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961 (to the extent that it deals with fireworks)\n\tGaming machines\nGaming Commission Act 1987\n\tIndecent material\nCensorship of Films Act 1947\nIndecent Publications and Articles Act 1902\nVideo Tapes Classification and Control Act 1987\nCensorship Act 1996\n\tOzone protection\nEnvironmental Protection Act 1986 (to the extent that it deals with ozone protection)\n8—South Australia\n\tFirearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons\nFirearms Act 1977\nFirearms Regulations 1993\nSummary Offences Act 1953, section 15 (to the extent that it deals with firearms)\nCriminal Law Consolidation Act 1935, sections 32, 47A and 299A\n\tFireworks\nExplosives Act 1936 (to the extent that it deals with fireworks)\n\tGaming machines\nGaming Machines Act 1992\nGaming Machines Regulations 1993\n\tIndecent material\nClassification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995\nSummary Offences Act 1953, sections 33 and 35\n\tOzone protection\nEnvironment Protection Act 1993, Part 8, Division 3\n\tOther\nEnvironment Protection Act 1993, Part 8, Division 2 (dealing with beverage containers)\n9—Tasmania\n\tFirearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons\nGuns Act 1991\nFirearms Act 1996\n\tFireworks\nDangerous Goods Act 1976 (to the extent that it deals with fireworks)\n\tGaming machines\nGaming Control Act 1993 (to the extent that it deals with gaming machines)\n\tIndecent material\nClassification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Enforcement Act 1995\n\tOzone protection\nEnvironmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 (to the extent that it deals with ozone protection)\n\tOther\nLiving Marine Resources Management Act 1995 (to the extent that it relates to the possession, sale or capture of abalone, crayfish or scallops of a certain minimum size)\n10—Australian Capital Territory\n\tFirearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons\nWeapons Act 1991\n\tFireworks\nDangerous Goods Act 1975 of New South Wales in its application to the Australian Capital Territory (to the extent that it deals with fireworks)\n\tGaming machines\nGaming Machine Act 1987\n\tIndecent material\nBusiness Franchise (\"X\" Videos) Act 1990\nClassification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Enforcement) Act 1995\n\tOzone protection\nOzone Protection Act 1991\n11—Northern Territory\n\tFirearms and other prohibited or offensive weapons\nFirearms Act 1992\n\tFireworks\nDangerous Goods Act 1980 (to the extent that it deals with fireworks)\n\tGaming machines\nGaming Control Act 1993\n\tIndecent material\nClassification of Publications and Films Act 1985\n\tOzone protection\nOzone Protection Act 1990\nSchedule 3—Special exemptions\nNote:\nSee section 48.\nThe laws specified or described in this Schedule are exempt from the operation of this Act.\n1—Therapeutic goods\nTherapeutic Goods Act 1989 of the Commonwealth\nTherapeutic Goods (Charges) Act 1989 of the Commonwealth\nThe following laws are exempt, to the extent that they deal with packaging and labelling of pharmaceutical drugs and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act:\nPoisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 of New South Wales\nDrugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 of Victoria\nTherapeutic Goods (Victoria) Act 1994 of Victoria\nPoisons Regulation 1973 under the Health Act 1937 of Queensland\nPoisons Act 1964 of Western Australia\nControlled Substances Act 1984 of South Australia\nPoisons Act 1971 of Tasmania\nPoisons and Dangerous Drugs Act 1983 of the Northern Territory\nPoisons and Drugs Act 1978 of the Australian Capital Territory\n2—Hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods\nThe following laws, to the extent that they deal with packaging and labelling of hazardous substances, industrial chemicals and dangerous goods and would be affected by Part 2 of this Act:\nPoisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966 of New South Wales\nDrugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 of Victoria\nPoisons Regulation 1973 under the Health Act 1937 of Queensland\nControlled Substances Act 1984 of South Australia\nPoisons Act 1964 of Western Australia\nPoisons Act 1971 of Tasmania\nPoisons and Dangerous Drugs Act of the Northern Territory\nPoisons and Drugs Act 1978 of the Australian Capital Territory\nThe following laws:\nIndustrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 of the Commonwealth\nOccupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 of the Commonwealth\nOccupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) (National Standards) Regulations of the Commonwealth\nRoad Transport Reform (Dangerous Goods) Act 1995 of the Commonwealth\nWork Health Act 1986 of the Northern Territory\nWork Health (Occupational Health and Safety) Regulations 1992 of the Northern Territory\nDangerous Goods Act 1980 of the Northern Territory\nDangerous Goods Regulations 1980 of the Northern Territory\nOccupational Safety and Health Act 1984 of Western Australia\nOccupational Safety and Health Regulations 1988 of Western Australia\nExplosives and Dangerous Goods Act 1961 of Western Australia\nDangerous Goods Regulations 1992 of Western Australia\nExplosives Regulations 1963 of Western Australia\nOccupational Health and Safety Act 1983 of New South Wales\nOccupational Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Regulation 1996 of New South Wales\nOccupational Health and Safety (Carcinogenic Substances) (Transitional) Regulation 1994 of New South Wales\nDangerous Goods Act 1975 of New South Wales\nDangerous Goods Regulation 1978 of New South Wales\nDangerous Goods (Gas Installations) Regulation 1982 of New South Wales\nDangerous Goods Act 1985 of Victoria\nDangerous Goods Act 1976 of Tasmania\nFactories, Shops and Industries Act 1962 of New South Wales\nDangerous Substances Act 1979 of South Australia\nOccupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1986 of South Australia\nOccupational Health, Safety and Welfare Regulations 1995 of South Australia\nOccupational Health and Safety Act 1985 of Victoria\nRegulations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1985 of Victoria\nWorkplace Health and Safety Act 1995 of Queensland\nWorkplace Health and Safety Regulation 1989 of Queensland\nWorkplace Health and Safety Regulation 1995 of Queensland\nWorkplace Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Compliance Standard 1995 of Queensland\nWorkplace Health and Safety (Lead) Compliance Standard 1995 of Queensland\nWorkplace Health and Safety Act 1995 of Tasmania\nOccupational Health and Safety Act 1989 of the Australian Capital Territory\nOccupational Health and Safety Regulations of the Australian Capital Territory\nHazardous Substances Regulations of the Australian Capital Territory\nTrade Practices Act 1974 of the Commonwealth, Division 1A of Part V\nFair Trading Act 1987 of New South Wales, sections 26, 30, 31 and 38\nConsumer Affairs Act 1972 of Victoria, Part IV, sections 57C, 57D, 59 and 61A\nFair Trading Act 1989 of Queensland, sections 81, 83, 85 and 85A\nTrade Standards Act 1979 of South Australia, sections 23, 26A and 33\nConsumer Affairs Act 1971 of Western Australia, sections 23Q, 23R and 23U\nFair Trading Act 1987 of Western Australia, sections 50 and 59\nGoods (Trade Descriptions) Act 1971 of Tasmania, sections 16 and 17\nSale of Hazardous Goods Act 1977 of Tasmania, sections 6, 7 and 8\nConsumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 of the Northern Territory, sections 25, 30 and 38\nConsumer Affairs Act 1973 of the Australian Capital Territory, sections 15FBA, 15FCA, 15FB, 15FC and 15FD\n3—Electromagnetic compatibility and radiocommunications equipment\nRadiocommunications Act 1992 of the Commonwealth\n4—Road vehicles\nMotor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 of the Commonwealth\n5—Gas appliances\nGas Act 1986 of New South Wales\nGas Supply Act 1996 of New South Wales\nGas and Fuel Corporation Act 1958 of Victoria\nGas Industry Act 1994 of Victoria\nGas Act 1965 of Queensland\nGas Standards Act 1972 of Western Australia, to the extent that it relates to regulation of gas appliances\nGas Act 1988 of South Australia\nDangerous Goods Act 1976 of Tasmania, to the extent that it relates to regulation of gas appliances\nDangerous Goods Act 1980 of the Northern Territory, to the extent that it relates to regulation of gas appliances\nGas Act 1992 of the Australian Capital Territory, to the extent that it relates to regulation of gas appliances\nDangerous Goods Act 1984 of the Australian Capital Territory, to the extent that it relates to regulation of gas appliances\nSchedule 4—Exempt laws relating to occupations\nNote:\nSee section 49.\n1—Exempt laws\nThe laws specified or described in this Schedule are exempt from the operation of this Act to the extent indicated.\n2—Medical practitioners\nThe following laws, to the extent that they deal with the occupation of medical practitioners as referred to in them:\nMedical Practice Act 1992 of New South Wales;\nMedical Practice Act 1994 of Victoria;\nMedical Act 1939 of Queensland;\nMedical Act 1894 of Western Australia;\nMedical Practitioners Act 1983 of South Australia;\nMedical Practitioners Registration Act 1996 of Tasmania;\nMedical Practitioners Act 1930 of the Australian Capital Territory;\nMedical Act 1995 of the Northern Territory.\nSchedule 5—Privacy of information collected under the Act\nNote:\nSee section 39.\nPart 1—Interpretation\n1—Interpretation\nIn this Schedule:\nconsent means express consent or implied consent.\nindividual means a natural person.\nindividual concerned, in relation to personal information or a record of personal information, means the individual to whom the information relates.\npersonal information means information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion.\nrecord means:\n\t(a)\ta document; or\n\t(b)\ta database (however kept); or\n\t(c)\ta photograph or other pictorial representation of a person;\nbut does not include:\n\t(d)\ta generally available publication; or\n\t(e)\tanything kept in a library, art gallery or museum for the purposes of reference, study or exhibition; or\n\t(f)\tletters or other articles in the course of transmission by post.\nsolicit, in relation to personal information, means request a person to provide that information, or a kind of information in which that information is included.\nuse, in relation to information, does not include mere disclosure of the information, but does include the inclusion of the information in a publication.\nPart 2—Principles\n2—Solicitation of personal information from individual concerned\nWhere:\n\t(a)\ta local registration authority collects personal information under this Act; and\n\t(b)\tthe information is solicited by the authority from the individuals concerned;\nthe authority must ensure that the forms issued to individuals in connection with collecting the information specify:\n\t(c)\tthe purpose for which the information is being collected; and\n\t(d)\tany person to whom, or any body or agency to which, it is the authority's usual practice to disclose personal information of the kind so collected, and (if known by the authority) any person to whom, or any body or agency to which, it is the usual practice of that first-mentioned person, body or agency to pass on that information.\n3—Storage and security of personal information\nA local registration authority who has possession or control of a record that contains personal information must ensure:\n\t(a)\tthat the record is protected, by such security safeguards as it is reasonable in the circumstances to take, against loss, against unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure, and against other misuse; and\n\t(b)\tthat if it is necessary for the record to be given to a person in connection with the provision of a service to the local registration authority, everything reasonably within the power of the authority is done to prevent unauthorised use or disclosure of information contained in the record.\n4—Limits on use of personal information\n\t(1)\tA local registration authority who has possession or control of a record that contains personal information that was obtained under this Act for a particular purpose must not use the information for any other purpose unless:\n\t(a)\tthe individual concerned has consented to use of the information for that other purpose; or\n\t(b)\tuse of the information for that other purpose is required or authorised by or under law; or\n\t(c)\tuse of the information for that other purpose is reasonably necessary for enforcement of the criminal law or of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty, or for the protection of the public revenue.\n\t(2)\tWhere personal information is used for enforcement of the criminal law or of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty, or for the protection of the public revenue, the local registration authority must include in the record containing that information a note of that use.\n5—Limits on disclosure for personal information\n\t(1)\tA local registration authority who has possession or control of a record that contains personal information must not disclose the information to a person, body or agency (other than the individual concerned) unless:\n\t(a)\tthe individual concerned is reasonably likely to have been aware, or made aware under the principle set out in clause 2, that information of that kind is usually passed to that person, body or agency; or\n\t(b)\tthe individual concerned has consented to the disclosure; or\n\t(c)\tthe disclosure is required or authorised by or under law; or\n\t(d)\tthe disclosure is reasonably necessary for the enforcement of the criminal law or of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty, or for the protection of the public revenue.\n\t(2)\tWhere personal information is disclosed for the purposes of enforcement of the criminal law or of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty, or for the purpose of the protection of the public revenue, the local registration authority must include in the record containing that information a note of the disclosure.\n\t(3)\tA person, body or agency to whom personal information is disclosed under subclause (1) must not use or disclose the information for a purpose other than the purpose for which the information was given to the person, body or agency.\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nExpiry of Act\nThe Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (South Australia) Act 1999 will expire on a date to be fixed by proclamation: see ss 4(3) & 6.\nPrincipal Act and amendments\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nTitle\nAssent\nCommencement\n1999\n27\n Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (South Australia) Act 1999\n1.4.1999\n23.9.1999 (Gazette 23.9.1999 p1209)\n2004\n38\n Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (South Australia) (Removal of Sunset Clause) Amendment Act 2004\n5.8.2004\n5.8.2004\nProvisions amended\nNew entries appear in bold.\nEntries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.\nProvision\nHow varied\nCommencement\ns 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n5.8.2004\ns 4\n\n\ns 4(2)\nsubstituted by 38/2004 s 3\n5.8.2004\ns 4(3)\ninserted by 38/2004 s 3\n5.8.2004\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition legislation across Australian jurisdictions has generally remained true to its original intent: reducing duplication of occupational licensing and goods standards requirements between Australia and New Zealand. No significant scope creep is evident from the known legislative history of this class of Act."},"complexity_factors":["Operates as part of a multi-jurisdictional framework involving Commonwealth, state, and New Zealand law, requiring cross-reference to understand fully","Exceptions and exclusions to mutual recognition (e.g. certain occupations or goods may be carved out) can create nuance not apparent from the Act's title alone","Interaction between this state-level Act and the federal Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 must be understood to apply the law correctly","Incomplete source material — the legislation text was not accessible, limiting analysis to known legislative context"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act implements Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition in South Australia, so people licensed or registered in New Zealand can generally work in the same occupation in SA, and goods lawfully sold in New Zealand can generally be sold in SA, without duplicative re‑registration or re‑approval. It affects NZ‑qualified workers, businesses selling NZ goods, and SA regulators by cutting regulatory red tape."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument as enacted originally tied the State adoption to a limited period and included an expiry mechanism (see s 4(2) and s 6). The legislative history records a 2004 amendment titled 'Removal of Sunset Clause' (Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (South Australia) (Removal of Sunset Clause) Amendment Act 2004, No. 38/2004) that varied s 4 (substituted s 4(2) and inserted s 4(3)), indicating the temporal limitation on adoption was altered. In consequence, the adoption/expiry regime described in the original text was changed by that amendment (see legislative history entries referencing ss 2 and 4)."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑jurisdictional structure: adoption of Commonwealth Act as State law and interaction with New Zealand and multiple Australian jurisdictions (ss 4, 50).","Extensive schedules listing exclusions, permanent and special exemptions that carve out many subject areas (Schedules 1–4; ss 44–49, 45).","Detailed occupational regime with notification, deemed registration, time limits and conditions (ss 18–26, 20(1)–(3), 21(3)).","Significant administrative discretion for local registration authorities to impose or waive conditions, postpone or refuse registration (ss 19(5), 20(3), 21–22, 26(5)).","Tribunal review and declaration powers that can change equivalence outcomes and impose temporary prohibitions (ss 30, 33; s 30(4) time limit).","Multiple exemption mechanisms (temporary, continuation, special, permanent) with differing thresholds and endorsement rules (ss 46–48, 44–45; two‑thirds or unanimous endorsement requirements).","Information‑sharing and privacy mechanics between jurisdictions with statutory limits on use and disclosure (ss 37–39; Schedule 5).","Regulatory powers for Governor‑General/Ministers to make regulations and proclamations affecting commencement, termination and exemptions (ss 4(3), 54, 46; Gazette publication requirements).","Interplay with other Commonwealth laws and the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 that affect primacy and interpretation (ss 5, 51)."],"plain_english_summary":"This South Australian Act adopts the Commonwealth Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 as state law so that goods lawfully sold in New Zealand can, subject to specified health, safety and inspection exceptions, be sold in Australia without extra local product rules (ss 10–13). It also lets New Zealand‑registered persons seek registration and carry on equivalent occupations in Australia after notifying local registration authorities (ss 16–19). Businesses and professionals face administrative steps, possible fees (s 40), local safety exceptions (s 12(3)) and discretionary control and review by local authorities and the Australian Tribunal (ss 19(5), 20–23, 30, 33)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of implementing the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement. The South Australian Act is a straightforward adoption statute, and while the Commonwealth Act in the Appendix is lengthy, it has not expanded beyond the core scope of mutual recognition for goods and occupations. The 2004 amendment removed the original sunset clause (expiry provision), but this was a technical amendment to ensure continuity rather than a scope expansion."},"complexity_factors":["Dual-layer structure: The South Australian Act is essentially a 'shell' that adopts the Commonwealth Act, requiring readers to cross-reference between the state Act and the lengthy Appendix containing the Commonwealth legislation","Extensive cross-referencing: The Commonwealth Act contains numerous references to other legislation (e.g., Customs Act 1901, Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, various state occupational licensing laws) across multiple jurisdictions","Multiple exemption mechanisms: Four distinct types of exemptions (exclusions, permanent exemptions, temporary exemptions, special exemptions) with different procedural requirements for each","Conditional logic throughout: Heavy use of 'subject to', 'unless', 'to the extent that', and 'if' clauses creating layered exceptions (e.g., section 11 vs section 12 for goods; deemed registration conditions in section 26)","Defined terms: 20+ defined terms in section 4 of the Commonwealth Act, including complex concepts like 'equivalent occupations', 'deemed registration', and 'substantive registration'","Inter-jurisdictional coordination: Requirements for ministerial agreements, endorsement by multiple jurisdictions for regulations, and interaction with New Zealand's equivalent tribunal","Sunset/termination provisions: The adoption mechanism includes complex timing provisions (section 4) and the Act can be terminated by proclamation","Schedules containing detailed lists: 5 schedules listing specific exempted laws across all Australian jurisdictions, requiring constant updating as those underlying laws change"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThis is South Australia's adoption of a Commonwealth scheme that creates a \"single market\" for goods and occupations between Australia and New Zealand. It essentially says: if something is legal to sell or a job you can legally do in New Zealand, you can generally sell that product or work in that occupation in South Australia without having to jump through extra regulatory hoops.\n\n**Key parts:**\n\n*   **For goods:** Products lawfully made or sold in New Zealand can be sold in South Australia even if they don't meet every specific South Australian standard (like packaging or labelling rules), provided they meet New Zealand standards. There are exceptions for things like quarantine, firearms, dangerous goods, and therapeutic goods.\n*   **For occupations:** If you're registered to work in a profession in New Zealand (like being a lawyer, electrician, or nurse), you can apply to be registered in South Australia for the equivalent job. You get \"deemed registration\" (temporary automatic registration) while your application is processed, and the local authority must grant registration within a month unless there's a good reason (like the jobs aren't actually equivalent or you lied on your application).\n*   **How it works:** South Australia has \"adopted\" the Commonwealth's *Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997* as its own law. This means the detailed rules in the Commonwealth Act (set out in the Appendix) apply in South Australia as if they were state law.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n*   **Businesses** importing or selling New Zealand goods in South Australia\n*   **Professionals and tradespeople** registered in New Zealand who want to work in South Australia\n*   **Local registration bodies** (like professional licensing boards) who must process these applications\n*   **Consumers** who get access to more New Zealand products and services\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nIt removes red tape and regulatory barriers between Australia and New Zealand, making it easier and cheaper to trade goods and move workers across the Tasman. It's part of a broader economic agreement (the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement) designed to treat the two countries more like one market for many regulatory purposes."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-south-australia-act-1999","history":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-south-australia-act-1999/history","analysis":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-south-australia-act-1999/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-south-australia-act-1999/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-south-australia-act-1999/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-south-australia-act-1999/documents"}}