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This instrument is made under subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.
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This instrument requires certain professionals to notify the local registration authority before they rely on automatic "deemed registration" under the Commonwealth Mutual Recognition Act 1992 to practise in Victoria (see ss 3, 6). It applies to architects, most building practitioners (not building surveyors), licensed surveyors and most registered plumbers (with specific plumbing classes excluded). The measure adds a pre-commencement administrative step tying Commonwealth automatic recognition to Victoria’s registration system and creates a compliance obligation on the individual practitioner.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Automatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Notification Requirement—Building, Plumbing, Architecture and Land Surveying Industries) Determination 2021.
This instrument is made under subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.
The purpose of this instrument is to require a person to notify a local registration authority before the person begins to rely on automatic deemed registration under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth to carry on an activity in Victoria.
Unless revoked earlier, this instrument will sunset under section 50 of the
Legislation Act 2003 of the Commonwealth (see subsection 42J(5) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth). This will generally mean that this instrument will be repealed on the first 1 April or 1 October falling on or after the tenth anniversary of the registration of the instrument on the Federal Register of Legislation.
In this instrument:
Act means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.
For the purposes of section 42J(4) of the Act, notification is required for the following registrations in Victoria: (a) an architect registered under section 11 of the Architects Act 1991; (b) a person who is a building practitioner registered under Part 11 of the Building Act 1993 other than a person registered in the class of building surveyor; (c) a person who is a registered plumber under Part 12A of the Building Act 1993, other than a person who is a registered plumber under Part 12A of the Building Act 1993 who is registered in any of the following classes of plumbing work specified in Part 4 or Part 5 of the Plumbing Regulations 2018:
gasfitting
Type A appliance conversion
Type A appliance servicing
Type B gasfitting
Type B gasfitting advanced
Fire protection
Roofing (stormwater)
Mechanical services;
(d) a person registered as a licensed surveyor under Division 1 of Part 2 of the Surveying Act 2004.
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This instrument is made under subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.
The purpose of this instrument is to require a person to notify a local registration authority before the person begins to rely on automatic deemed registration under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth to carry on an activity in Victoria.
Unless revoked earlier, this instrument will sunset under section 50 of the
Legislation Act 2003 of the Commonwealth (see subsection 42J(5) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth). This will generally mean that this instrument will be repealed on the first 1 April or 1 October falling on or after the tenth anniversary of the registration of the instrument on the Federal Register of Legislation.
In this instrument:
Act means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.
For the purposes of section 42J(4) of the Act, notification is required for the following registrations in Victoria: (a) an architect registered under section 11 of the Architects Act 1991; (b) a person who is a building practitioner registered under Part 11 of the Building Act 1993 other than a person registered in the class of building surveyor; (c) a person who is a registered plumber under Part 12A of the Building Act 1993, other than a person who is a registered plumber under Part 12A of the Building Act 1993 who is registered in any of the following classes of plumbing work specified in Part 4 or Part 5 of the Plumbing Regulations 2018:
gasfitting
Type A appliance conversion
Type A appliance servicing
Type B gasfitting
Type B gasfitting advanced
Fire protection
Roofing (stormwater)
Mechanical services;
(d) a person registered as a licensed surveyor under Division 1 of Part 2 of the Surveying Act 2004.