{"id":"transtasman-mutual-recognition-western-australia-act-2007","name":"Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007","slug":"trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-western-australia-act-2007","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":110792,"registerId":"wa-transtasman-mutual-recognition-western-australia-act-2007-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nTrans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007\n\nWestern Australia\n\nTrans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007\n\nContents\n\n1. Short title 2\n\n2. Commencement 2\n\n3. Terms used 2\n\n4. Adoption of Commonwealth Act 2\n\n5. Regulations for temporary exemptions for goods 3\n\n6. Tabling documents relating to scheme reviews 3\n\n7. Termination of adoption 4\n\n8. Revoking termination proclamations 4\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 5\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nTrans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007\n\nAn Act to adopt the *Trans‑Tasman* *Mutual Recognition Act 1997* of the Parliament of the Commonwealth (including the amendments made to it before the day on which the *Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Amendment Act 2012* receives the Royal Assent) which provides for the recognition within each State and Territory of the Commonwealth of regulatory standards adopted in New Zealand regarding goods and occupations, and for related purposes.\n\n[Long title amended: No. 57 of 2012 s. 4.]\n\nBackground to the enactment of this Act\n\n1. The governments of the Commonwealth, each State of Australia, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and New Zealand have entered into an arrangement for the purpose of giving effect to a scheme implementing the recognition within Australia and New Zealand of regulatory standards adopted by each of the parties to the arrangement regarding goods and occupations.\n\n2. The Parliament of New South Wales referred matters to the Parliament of the Commonwealth for the purposes of section 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth so as to enable the enactment and amendment of legislation to provide for the recognition within Australia and New Zealand of regulatory standards adopted in the other country regarding goods and occupations.\n\n3. The Parliament of the Commonwealth has subsequently enacted the *Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997*.\n\nThe Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis is the *Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007.*\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThis Act comes into operation on a day fixed by proclamation.\n\n##### 3. Terms used\n\nIn this Act —\n\nadopt has the same meaning as in the Constitution of the Commonwealth section 51(xxxvii);\n\nCommonwealth Act means the *Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997* (Commonwealth).\n\n[Section 3 inserted: No. 45 of 2022 s. 4.]\n\n##### 4. Adoption of Commonwealth Act\n\n(1) The Commonwealth Act, as originally enacted and as amended from time to time by regulations made under the Commonwealth Act, is adopted.\n\n(2) The adoption under subsection (1) does not operate so as to give effect to any adopted provision before that provision commences as a law of the Commonwealth.\n\n[(3) deleted]\n\n(4) The Minister is to cause a copy of any regulations referred to in subsection (1) to be laid before each House of Parliament within 14 sitting days of that House after the registration of the regulations in the Federal Register of Legislation maintained under the *Legislation Act 2003* (Commonwealth).\n\n(5) The adoption under subsection (1) terminates in accordance with section 7.\n\n[Section 4 amended: No. 57 of 2012 s. 6; No. 45 of 2022 s. 5.]\n\n##### 5. Regulations for temporary exemptions for goods\n\nWithout limiting any other power to make regulations under any other Act, the Governor may make regulations for the purposes mentioned in section 46 of the Commonwealth Act as adopted under this Act.\n\n##### 6. Tabling documents relating to scheme reviews\n\n(1) In this section —\n\nintergovernmental arrangement means the Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Arrangement between the Commonwealth, New Zealand, the States, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, as in force from time to time;\n\nscheme review means a review of the operation of the intergovernmental arrangement and its related legislation carried out under paragraphs 12.1.1 to 12.1.3 of the intergovernmental arrangement.\n\n(2) Subsection (3) applies if —\n\n(a) a scheme review is carried out; and\n\n(b) a report is prepared by the person carrying out the review; and\n\n(c) the Minister receives the report.\n\n(3) The Minister must cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after the Minister receives the report.\n\n(4) If a report to which subsection (3) applies contains sensitive, confidential or personal information, the Minister may comply with subsection (3) by removing the sensitive, confidential or personal information from the report before causing the document to be laid before each House.\n\n[Section 6 inserted: No. 45 of 2022 s. 6.]\n\n##### 7. Termination of adoption\n\nThe Governor may by proclamation fix a day as the day on which the adoption under section 4(1) is to terminate.\n\n[Section 7 inserted: No. 45 of 2022 s. 6.]\n\n##### 8. Revoking termination proclamations\n\n(1) The Governor may by proclamation (a revoking proclamation) revoke a proclamation made under section 7.\n\n(2) A revoking proclamation has effect only if published in the *Gazette* before the day fixed in the proclamation made under section 7.\n\n(3) If a revoking proclamation has effect, the revoked proclamation is taken never to have been made.\n\n(4) A revoking proclamation does not prevent the further making of a proclamation under section 7.\n\n[Section 8 inserted: No. 45 of 2022 s. 6.]\n\n![]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007* | 30 of 2007 | 6 Dec 2007 | s. 1 and 2: 6 Dec 2007;   Act other than s. 1 and 2: 1 Feb 2008 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 18 Jan 2008 p. 147) |\n| *Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Amendment Act 2012* | 57 of 2012 | 6 Dec 2012 | s. 1 and 2: 6 Dec 2012 (see s. 2(a));   Act other than s. 1 and 2: 7 Dec 2012 (see s. 2(b)) |\n| *Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Amendment Act 2022* | 45 of 2022 | 1 Dec 2022 | s. 1 and 2: 1 Dec 2022 (see s. 2(a));   Act other than s. 1 and 2: 2 Dec 2022 (see s. 2(b)) |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\nadopt 3\n\nCommonwealth Act 3\n\nintergovernmental arrangement 6(1)\n\nrevoking proclamation 8(1)\n\nscheme review 6(1)\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act’s core purpose remains adopting the Commonwealth Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act, but subsequent amendments expanded administrative and executive elements: explicit adoption of Commonwealth regulations and tabling obligations (s 4(1), (4)); a power for the Governor to make temporary exemption regulations (s 5); and clear proclamation mechanisms to terminate or revoke the adoption (ss 7–8). These additions shift implementation detail and discretion to State executives and require ongoing alignment with Commonwealth instruments."},"complexity_factors":["Adoption-by-reference of a Commonwealth Act creates cross‑jurisdictional dependency and requires tracking external amendments and commencement dates (s 4).","Delegated executive powers: Governor may make regulations for temporary exemptions and may terminate or revoke adoption by proclamation, concentrating discretion in the executive (s 5; ss 7–8).","Parliamentary oversight: Minister must lay copies of adopted Commonwealth regulations and scheme‑review reports before both Houses within set timeframes, adding procedural obligations (s 4(4); s 6(3)).","Reliance on external registers and instruments (registration in the Federal Register of Legislation) introduces procedural linkage to Commonwealth administrative steps (s 4(4)).","Limited substantive content in the Act — most operative rules live in the adopted Commonwealth Act and its regulations, increasing the need to consult multiple instruments (s 4(1)).","Amendment and commencement history (multiple amending Acts) requires attention to which provisions are in force (compilation table)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act adopts the Commonwealth Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 into Western Australian law so regulatory standards for goods and occupations recognised between Australia and New Zealand operate in WA (s 4). It lets the Governor make temporary exemption regulations (s 5), requires the Minister to table scheme‑review reports (s 6), and allows proclamation‑based termination or revival of the adoption (ss 7–8).\n\nAffected parties include WA businesses and practitioners trading with or certified under New Zealand standards; key administrative decisions rest with the Governor and the Minister."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: adopting the Commonwealth Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act. The 2012 and 2022 amendments added procedural mechanisms (scheme review tabling, termination procedures) but did not expand the substantive scope beyond the original intent of facilitating mutual recognition of goods and occupations between Australia and New Zealand."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short statute (8 sections, approximately 3 pages)","Minimal defined terms (only 5 defined terms in the entire Act)","Simple legislative mechanism: wholesale adoption of existing Commonwealth legislation rather than substantive local provisions","No nested conditional logic or exceptions to exceptions","Straightforward procedural requirements (tabling documents, proclamations for termination)","Single cross-reference (to Commonwealth Constitution section 51(xxxvii)) explained in plain terms"],"plain_english_summary":"This Western Australian law adopts a Commonwealth (federal) law that creates a free trade-style arrangement between Australia and New Zealand. Here's what it does:\n\n**The big picture:**\nIf a product meets New Zealand's safety or quality standards, Western Australia generally has to accept it as meeting local standards too—and vice versa for goods going the other way. Same deal for professionals: if someone is licensed to work in a particular occupation in New Zealand (like being a plumber, electrician, or nurse), Western Australia must recognise that qualification rather than making them jump through separate local hoops.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Businesses** importing goods from New Zealand into WA\n- **Professionals and tradespeople** wanting to work in WA using their New Zealand qualifications\n- **Consumers** who get access to more products and services across the Tasman\n\n**How it works:**\nInstead of rewriting all the rules, WA simply \"adopts\" the federal *Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997* and keeps it updated automatically when Canberra changes it. The WA Parliament can pull out of this arrangement if it wants to (via proclamation), and there's a safety valve allowing temporary exemptions for specific goods if needed.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nIt removes red tape and duplication across the ditch, making it easier and cheaper to do business between WA and New Zealand. It's part of a broader scheme all Australian states and territories have signed up to."},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the title and known context, this Act appears to be a state-level adoption of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition scheme as originally intended — facilitating occupational and goods mutual recognition between Australia and New Zealand. No scope changes from original intent can be confirmed or denied given the inaccessibility of the full text."},"complexity_factors":["The Act operates within a multi-jurisdictional cooperative scheme involving Commonwealth, all Australian states and territories, and New Zealand — requiring alignment across multiple legal systems","Involves both occupational licensing law and goods regulation, which are distinct and technical areas","Exceptions and exclusions to mutual recognition (e.g. certain regulated occupations or goods) can be technically complex","The full text was not retrievable, preventing a complete complexity assessment","Score is conservative and based on known features of equivalent Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition legislation rather than the actual document"],"plain_english_summary":"The Trans‑Tasman Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2007 implements the Trans‑Tasman mutual recognition scheme in WA, allowing workers licensed or registered in Australia or New Zealand and goods lawfully sold in one jurisdiction to be recognised in the other without separate local licensing or additional requirements. \n\nIt affects tradespeople, professionals, businesses and WA regulators by reducing red tape—and note the full Act text wasn’t retrievable here."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-western-australia-act-2007","history":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-western-australia-act-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-western-australia-act-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-western-australia-act-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-western-australia-act-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/trans-tasman-mutual-recognition-western-australia-act-2007/documents"}}