Mutual Recognition Act 1992 - Section 32 - Ministerial Declaration (08/05/2008)

This instrument is a ministerial declaration under section 32 of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992, dated 8 May 2008, by the state and territory heads listed and signed by them. Its mechanical effect is to declare, for the purposes of mutual recognition between Australian jurisdictions, that a specified occupation in a first jurisdiction (Column A of the Schedule) is equivalent to an occupation in other jurisdictions listed in the same row of the Schedule, subject to any conditions, limitations or restrictions indicated in the Schedule. The declaration operates as a map or matrix for mutual recognition of licences held by natural persons who are individual unrestricted electrical contractors.

Concretely, the declaration establishes a mutual-recognition outcome for an applicant who is already registered in an occupation in the first jurisdiction. If the applicant holds the licence shown in Column A of the Schedule, then a relevant registration authority in a second jurisdiction is to grant registration in the terms specified in the Schedule in respect of the equivalent occupation in that second jurisdiction, provided the applicant is already registered in the equivalent occupation in the first jurisdiction. The declaration expressly limits its coverage to licences issued to natural persons, not licences issued to companies.

The declaration contains a number of operational qualifiers. It permits a registration authority in the second jurisdiction, when issuing an equivalent licence, to apply additional conditions that replicate conditions that apply to the applicant’s first-jurisdiction licence if those additional conditions are not shown in the Schedule. It also provides that if a licence is not included in the declaration, or the Schedule shows the outcome as “No equivalent declared”, the recognition decision for that application will be made by the registration authority under the other provisions of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992. The declaration is subject to an annual review process for accuracy, and declarations and any revised declarations are to be published on the COAG mutual recognition website and the websites of the relevant licensing authorities. The Schedule appended to the declaration is a mutual-recognition matrix limited to "Individual unrestricted electrical contractors", with defined scope of work and cross-jurisdictional mappings for NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT and NT. The declaration therefore establishes a binding mapping for the administrative recognition of particular individual electrician licences between the listed jurisdictions, while leaving procedural, statutory and some public-protection checks to the second jurisdiction’s registration authority.

MUTUAL RECOGNITION ACT 1992 – Section 32

Ministerial Declaration

To give effect to the express wish of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) for full and effective mutual recognition of registered occupations, we the ministers today responsible jointly declare that:

The occupation which may be carried on only by a person granted registration (in the form of a licence, certificate, registration, or other instrument) in the first jurisdiction described in Column A in the attached Schedule is equivalent to the occupation which may be carried on only by a person granted registration in a second jurisdiction as described in the other columns of the same row in the Schedule, subject to any conditions, limitations or restrictions as indicated.

The Honourable Morris Iemma MP ) (signed)

Premier of New South Wales ) Morris Iemma

The Honourable John Brumby MLA ) (signed)

Premier of Victoria ) John Brumby

The Honourable Anna Bligh MP ) (signed)

Premier of Queensland ) Anna Bligh

The Honourable Alan Carpenter MLA ) (signed)

Premier of Western Australia ) Alan Carpenter

The Honourable Mike Rann MP ) (signed)

Premier of South Australia ) Mike Rann

The Honourable Paul Lennon MHA ) (signed)

Premier of Tasmania ) Paul Lennon

The Honourable Jon Stanhope MLA ) (signed)

Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory ) Jon Stanhope

The Honourable Clare Martin MLA ) (signed)

Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia ) Clare Martin

Dated this eighth day of May 2008

Notes:

The table at the attached Schedule depicts the registration outcome for any person already licensed in an occupation in a particular jurisdiction (column A of each row) should they seek to be licensed in an occupation in a second jurisdiction (potentially in any other column in the same row). Registration shall be granted by the second jurisdiction in the terms specified provided the applicant is already registered in the equivalent occupation in the first jurisdiction.

If an applicant for mutual recognition holds a licence shown in Column A of a Schedule, but has additional condition/s applying to that licence not shown in the Schedule, then the relevant registration authority in the second jurisdiction shall recognise the primary licence in Column A and may, in issuing a licence, apply those additional conditions to directly replicate the conditions applying to the first jurisdiction licence.

If a licence is not included in the declaration, or if the licence outcome depicted on the Schedule is the statement ‘No equivalent declared’, the decision on licence recognition will be made by the relevant registration authority in accordance with the other provisions of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992.

Licences covered by this declaration are licences that are issued to natural persons, not licences issued to companies.

This declaration and any subsequent declarations will be reviewed for accuracy each year. Declarations and any revised declarations will be published on the COAG mutual recognition website and the websites of the relevant licensing authorities.

Schedules to the Declaration

Schedule number	Occupations
1	Electrical contractors

Schedule 1: Mutual recognition matrix – Individual unrestricted electrical contractors

[Individual unrestricted electrical contractor means an individual electrician authorised to contract with the public for the performance of electrical work in a jurisdiction]

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font-weight:bold">G</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">H</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">I</span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#c0c0c0"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">First Jurisdiction</span></p></td><td colspan="8" style="width:627.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">Second Jurisdiction</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:62.25pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">NSW</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">1</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">VIC</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">2</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">QLD</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">3</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">WA</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">4</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">SA</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">5</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">TAS</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">6</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">ACT</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">7</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">NT</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; 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font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">QLD</span></p></td><td colspan="8" style="width:627.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:justify; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#c0c0c0"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:justify; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">3</span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:62.25pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Contractor licence -electrical wiring work, endorsed</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Registered electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#999999"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">WA</span></p></td><td colspan="8" style="width:627.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#c0c0c0"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">4</span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:62.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Contractor licence -electrical wiring work, endorsed</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Registered electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#999999"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:754.8pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">A</span></p></td><td style="width:62.25pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">B</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">C</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">D</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">E</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">F</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">G</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">H</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">I</span></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2" style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#c0c0c0"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">First Jurisdiction</span></p></td><td colspan="8" style="width:627.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">Second Jurisdiction</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:62.25pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">NSW</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">1</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">VIC</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">2</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">QLD</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">3</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">WA</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">4</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">SA</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">5</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">TAS</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">6</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">ACT</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">7</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">NT</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:6pt; font-weight:bold; vertical-align:super">8</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">SA</span></p></td><td colspan="8" style="width:627.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#c0c0c0"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">5</span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:62.25pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Contractor licence -electrical wiring work, endorsed</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Registered electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#999999"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">TAS</span></p></td><td colspan="8" style="width:627.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#c0c0c0"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">6</span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:62.25pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Contractor licence -electrical wiring work, endorsed</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Registered electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#999999"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">ACT</span></p></td><td colspan="8" style="width:627.85pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#c0c0c0"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">7</span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#e6e6e6"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:62.25pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Contractor licence -electrical wiring work, endorsed</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Registered electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#999999"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:11.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:82.7pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#b3b3b3"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; text-align:center; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-weight:bold">NT</span></p></td><td colspan="8" style="width:627.85pt; 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border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Contractor licence -electrical wiring work, endorsed</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Registered electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif">Electrical contractor licence</span></p></td><td style="width:70pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#999999"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

Codes for statutes under which Electrician licences are issued

1. Licences in this column issued under the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW)
2. Licences in this column issued under the Electricity Safety Act 1998 (VIC)
3. Licences in this column issued under the Electrical Safety Act 2002 (QLD)
4. Licences in this column issued under the Electricity Act 1945 (WA)
5. Licences in this column issued under the Plumbers Gasfitters and Electricians Act 1995 (SA)
6. Licences in this column issued under the Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 (TAS)
7. Licences in this column issued under the Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004 (ACT)
8. Licences in this column issued under the Electrical Workers and Contractors Act 2002 (NT)

Agreed scope of work for all individual unrestricted electrical contractor licences in the above table

“Electrical work” means, selection, assembling, constructing, installing, testing, fault-finding, commissioning, maintaining, repairing, altering, removing, or replacing of electrical equipment and/or electrical installations. It may include the supervision or inspection of electrical work.

"Electrical equipment" means any appliance, article, accessory, wire, fitting, cable, conduit or apparatus that generates, uses, conveys or controls (or that is intended to, or has been used to, generate, use, convey or control) electricity operating above extra low voltage.

“Extra low voltage” means as defined in AS/NZS 3000 (commonly known as the “wiring rules”).

"Electrical installation" is as defined in AS/NZS 3000 (commonly known as the “wiring rules”).

Additional non-skill requirements for individual unrestricted electrical contactor

Prior to the issue of an equivalent individual unrestricted electrical contractor’s licence in this table through the mutual recognition process, a jurisdictional regulator may require evidence that the applicant can comply with any requirements regarding insurance, fidelity funds, trust accounts and the like that are designed to protect the public, clients, customers or others.

1 Mutual Recognition Act 1992 - Section 32 - Ministerial Declaration (08/05/2008)

MUTUAL RECOGNITION ACT 1992 – Section 32

Ministerial Declaration

The Honourable Morris Iemma MP ) (signed)

Premier of New South Wales ) Morris Iemma

The Honourable John Brumby MLA ) (signed)

Premier of Victoria ) John Brumby

The Honourable Anna Bligh MP ) (signed)

Premier of Queensland ) Anna Bligh

The Honourable Alan Carpenter MLA ) (signed)

Premier of Western Australia ) Alan Carpenter

The Honourable Mike Rann MP ) (signed)

Premier of South Australia ) Mike Rann

The Honourable Paul Lennon MHA ) (signed)

Premier of Tasmania ) Paul Lennon

The Honourable Jon Stanhope MLA ) (signed)

Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory ) Jon Stanhope

The Honourable Clare Martin MLA ) (signed)

Chief Minister of the Northern Territory of Australia ) Clare Martin

Dated this eighth day of May 2008

Notes:

Several technical and institutional concepts structure the declaration, and the Schedule sets out terminology and mappings that determine legal effect.

Equivalent occupation, first jurisdiction and second jurisdiction: The declaration defines equivalence by reference to a matrix in the attached Schedule. A licence in Column A of a row is treated as equivalent to the occupation in any other column in that same row, subject to indicated conditions, limitations or restrictions. The first jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the applicant is already registered, shown in Column A; the second jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which the applicant seeks registration, shown in one of the other columns in the same row.
Primary licence and additional conditions: The notes instruct that where an applicant holds a licence in Column A but that licence has additional condition(s) not shown in the Schedule, the second-jurisdiction registration authority shall recognise the primary licence in Column A and may, in issuing the second-jurisdiction licence, apply those additional conditions to replicate the first-jurisdiction licence. That is, the declaration contemplates replication of licence-specific conditions by the second jurisdiction.
Scope-limited coverage to natural persons: The declaration explicitly limits licences covered by the declaration to licences issued to natural persons. Company-held licences are excluded from this declaration’s operation.
Mutual recognition fallback: If a licence is not covered by the declaration or the Schedule indicates “No equivalent declared”, the recognitional outcome is to be determined by the registration authority under “the other provisions of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992”. The declaration therefore functions as a specific override or listing within the broader statutory framework, but it does not displace the remainder of the Act where licences are not listed.
Occupational definition and standards references: Schedule 1 defines “Individual unrestricted electrical contractor” and sets out an “agreed scope of work” that describes “electrical work”, “electrical equipment”, “extra low voltage” and “electrical installation”. The definitions cross‑refer to AS/NZS 3000, commonly known as the wiring rules, for the meaning of “extra low voltage” and “electrical installation”. The Schedule includes an “Agreed scope of work” statement that lists tasks (selection, assembling, constructing, installing, testing, fault-finding, commissioning, maintaining, repairing, altering, removing, replacing) and explicitly encompasses supervision or inspection of electrical work.
Additional non-skill requirements: The Schedule permits the second-jurisdiction regulator, prior to issuing the equivalent licence, to require evidence that the applicant can comply with requirements regarding insurance, fidelity funds, trust accounts and the like, where those measures are designed to protect the public, clients, customers or others. These are non‑skill conditions that sit alongside technical competency mappings.
Codes for statute basis: The Schedule contains a keyed list of the statutes under which the electrician licences in each jurisdiction are issued, for example NSW licences issued under the Home Building Act 1989, VIC under the Electricity Safety Act 1998, QLD under the Electrical Safety Act 2002, and so on through the ACT and NT. The codes indicate that the issuing statute differs across jurisdictions and are therefore likely to trigger jurisdiction-specific procedural and public-protection requirements when a second jurisdiction issues its licence under its own statute.

These concepts together produce a mechanism that maps a particular class of licence across jurisdictions, while leaving to the second-jurisdiction regulator the capacity to impose certain replicating conditions and public-protection checks prior to issuing the domestic form of licence.

The declaration directly affects a defined set of actors. Primary beneficiaries are natural persons who hold the specific licences identified as “Individual unrestricted electrical contractor” in Column A of the Schedule and who seek registration in a second jurisdiction shown in the same Schedule row. The declaration does not apply to licences issued to companies, so corporate entities holding contractor licences are excluded.

Registration authorities in the second jurisdiction are directly affected, because the declaration alters the approach they must take to applicants holding qualifying first-jurisdiction licences. The declaration requires that the registration authority "shall" grant registration in the terms specified, subject to conditions in the Schedule and the authority's capacity to replicate additional conditions from the primary licence and to require evidence of non‑skill safeguards such as insurance or trust account arrangements. These registration authorities act under their own statutes, which are listed as codes beneath the Schedule (for example, Home Building Act 1989 (NSW), Electricity Safety Act 1998 (VIC), Electrical Safety Act 2002 (QLD), Electricity Act 1945 (WA), Plumbers Gasfitters and Electricians Act 1995 (SA), Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 (TAS), Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004 (ACT), Electrical Workers and Contractors Act 2002 (NT)).

Members of the public and clients who engage electrical contractors are indirectly affected. The declaration changes the circumstances in which an individual contractor licensed in one jurisdiction may lawfully obtain a licence to contract with the public in another jurisdiction, potentially increasing the pool of contractors available in a second jurisdiction. The declaration also authorises second-jurisdiction regulators to ensure evidence of consumer-protection measures is in place before issuing the equivalent licence, so public protection mechanisms remain engaged.

Ministers and COAG are parties to the declaration in an institutional sense. The declaration records that it implements an "express wish of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) for full and effective mutual recognition of registered occupations". The signatories are the premiers and chief ministers listed, whose signatures and the dated instrument indicate intergovernmental agreement on the mapping.

Finally, other licence-holders and intermediaries such as insurers, fidelity fund administrators, and bodies administering trust accounts will be affected insofar as the second-jurisdiction regulator may require evidence of compliance with those mechanisms prior to granting an equivalent licence. Firms that would otherwise seek to operate cross-border through company licences cannot rely on this declaration, because licences issued to companies are excluded.

The declaration creates a set of administrative duties for registration authorities and corresponding rights for qualifying applicants, within the scope the instrument defines.

Duties imposed on registration authorities

Grant registration where the Schedule specifies equivalence: The declaration directs that where an applicant is already registered in the first jurisdiction with a listed licence in Column A, the second jurisdiction shall grant registration in the terms specified in the Schedule for the equivalent occupation in that second jurisdiction, subject to any conditions indicated in the Schedule. This is the primary duty the declaration imposes on registration authorities for listed licences.
Replicate additional conditions where present: If the first-jurisdiction licence has additional conditions not shown in the Schedule, the registration authority in the second jurisdiction may apply those additional conditions when issuing the second-jurisdiction licence, so as to "directly replicate" the conditions applying to the first-jurisdiction licence. The duty here is to recognise the primary licence and the discretion is to reproduce the conditions.
Require evidence of non-skill safeguards: Prior to issuing an equivalent licence, a jurisdictional regulator may require evidence that the applicant can comply with requirements regarding insurance, fidelity funds, trust accounts and the like, where those requirements are designed to protect the public, clients, customers or others. This establishes a duty for the regulator to verify compliance with specified public-protection measures as a pre-condition to issuing the equivalent licence.
Publish and review: The declaration provides that it and any subsequent declarations will be reviewed for accuracy annually, and that declarations and any revised declarations will be published on the COAG mutual recognition website and the websites of the relevant licensing authorities, creating obligations for maintenance and transparency of the schedules.

Rights and expectations for applicants

Right to be granted equivalent registration where Schedule applies: An applicant who holds the Column A licence has a right under the declaration to have the second jurisdiction grant registration in the terms specified, subject to the possible imposition of replicated conditions and non‑skill checks.
Expectation of condition replication: The applicant should expect that any additional conditions on their first-jurisdiction licence may be replicated by the second jurisdiction when issuing the equivalent licence, even if those additional conditions are not enumerated in the Schedule.
Exclusion for company-held licences: Applicants holding company licences do not obtain rights under this declaration, because the declaration specifies coverage only for licences issued to natural persons.

Limits and residual discretion

Non-listed licences and "No equivalent declared" outcomes: Where a licence is not included in the declaration, or where the Schedule depicts the outcome as "No equivalent declared", the registration authority in the second jurisdiction is to decide recognition under the other provisions of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992. The declaration therefore does not eliminate or override the remaining statutory recognition framework; it asserts equivalence only where expressly mapped.
Statutory basis remains: The second-jurisdiction registration is to be issued under the second jurisdiction’s own licensing statute, as indicated by the codes in the Schedule, so the formal issuance and enforcement powers remain those provided by the domestic statute listed for that jurisdiction.

The declaration therefore produces a prescriptive mapping duty for registration authorities to grant equivalent licences for listed individual electrician licences, while preserving certain checks and some administrative discretion around replication of conditions and public-protection requirements.

The ministerial declaration itself does not include express penalty provisions, sanctioning schedules, or enforcement mechanisms within its text. It operates as an administrative instrument that prescribes how registration authorities will treat specific cross-jurisdictional recognition applications. The enforcement architecture for compliance with the declaration therefore has to be inferred from its operative clauses and the statutory context the Schedule references, as set out in the document.

What the declaration does state about enforcement-linked processes

Grant of registration by second jurisdiction: The declaration requires the second-jurisdiction authority to grant registration in the terms specified, subject to conditions. The actual legal force and the sanctions for non-compliance with licence conditions, suspension or cancellation remain matters for the second jurisdiction’s licensing statute, which is listed under the Codes in the Schedule (for example Home Building Act 1989 (NSW), Electricity Safety Act 1998 (VIC), Electrical Safety Act 2002 (QLD), and others). The declaration places the obligation on the registration authority to issue licences consistent with the Schedule, but any enforcement action for breaches of licence conditions or unlawful practice will be under the relevant jurisdictional statute.
Replication of conditions: The declaration authorises the second-jurisdiction regulator to replicate additional conditions applying to the first-jurisdiction licence. Enforcement of those replicated conditions, and penalties for breach, would follow the second jurisdiction’s usual regulatory regime under its licensing statute.
Non-skill pre-issue checks: The Schedule permits regulators to require evidence of insurance, fidelity funds, trust accounts and similar public-protection mechanisms before issuing an equivalent licence. These requirements, once imposed by the regulator, will be enforceable under the second jurisdiction’s licensing and administrative enforcement powers.

What the declaration does not do in terms of enforcement

No standalone penalty clause within the declaration: The instrument contains no standalone penalty or infringement scheme that attaches new offences or pecuniary penalties to failure to comply with its terms.
No procedural enforcement mechanism for intergovernmental non-compliance: The declaration does not specify a procedure for resolving non-compliance by a registration authority with the declared equivalence mapping, nor does it set out dispute resolution processes between jurisdictions. The document simply sets out the agreed mapping and the expectations for regulators.

Consequently, enforcement of the regime will be implemented through the regulatory, licensing and sanctioning frameworks of the second jurisdiction when it issues and administers the licence, and via procedural remedies available under the broader Mutual Recognition Act 1992 for disputes about recognition outcomes, as indicated by the document’s note that non-listed licences are to be decided under "the other provisions of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992." The declaration’s annual review and publication requirement creates a transparency mechanism that can support administrative accountability, but the instrument itself does not supply penal or adjudicative structures.

The declaration expressly situates itself within the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 framework, and it cross-references several jurisdictional statutes as the legal bases under which equivalent licences are issued in each second jurisdiction. The instrument therefore creates interplays across multiple legislative schemes.

Interaction with the Mutual Recognition Act 1992

Supplement to the Act: The declaration is a ministerial instrument made under section 32 of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992, intended to give effect to COAG’s policy objective for full mutual recognition of registered occupations. It sets out specific equivalences but explicitly leaves unlisted or "No equivalent declared" licences to be decided by registration authorities under the "other provisions of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992." The declaration therefore supplements the Act by providing a concrete Schedule for one occupational class, but it does not displace the Act’s general recognition mechanism for other cases.

Interaction with jurisdictional licensing statutes

Statutory bases for licences: Each jurisdiction’s licence title in the Schedule is issued under its own statute, the codes for which are listed in the declaration (for example Home Building Act 1989 (NSW), Electricity Safety Act 1998 (VIC), Electrical Safety Act 2002 (QLD), Electricity Act 1945 (WA), Plumbers Gasfitters and Electricians Act 1995 (SA), Electricity Industry Safety and Administration Act 1997 (TAS), Construction Occupations (Licensing) Act 2004 (ACT), Electrical Workers and Contractors Act 2002 (NT)). The second-jurisdiction licence that the regulator issues will be issued under that jurisdiction’s statute, so applicants and regulators will need to comply with the procedural, substantive and enforcement rules of that statute when the second jurisdiction issues or enforces the licence.
Conditions and public-protection measures: The declaration allows the second-jurisdiction regulator to require evidence of insurance, fidelity funds, trust accounts and the like prior to issuing an equivalent licence. Those requirements are likely to be rooted in, and enforced under, the second jurisdiction’s licensing statute rather than under the declaration itself.

Interaction with technical standards and external documents

Reference to AS/NZS 3000: The declaration refers to AS/NZS 3000 (the wiring rules) for meanings of "extra low voltage" and "electrical installation", and the agreed scope of work references that standard. The declaration thus relies on an external technical standard to define technical aspects of the occupation. Compliance and interpretation of those technical terms will implicate how second-jurisdiction regulators apply their own statutes and technical compliance checks.

Interaction with corporate law and commercial arrangements

Exclusion of company licences: The declaration explicitly excludes licences issued to companies, meaning that corporate arrangements will not be recognised under this instrument. Corporations seeking cross-jurisdictional operation must therefore look to other provisions of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 or to their own corporate-licensing frameworks under each jurisdictional statute.

Transparency and administrative law overlay

Annual review and publication: The declaration commits to an annual review for accuracy and publication on the COAG mutual recognition website and licensing authorities’ websites. This creates an administrative transparency overlay that supports regulatory coordination and public access to the mapping. It also means that the declaration interacts with public-administration practices and expectations about publication of regulatory instruments.

Because the declaration sits above and interacts with a set of distinct jurisdictional licensing statutes and a technical standard, its practical operation requires coordination between the mutual-recognition mapping and the second jurisdiction’s statutory, regulatory, technical and procedural frameworks.

The instrument provided is a single ministerial declaration dated 8 May 2008, made under section 32 of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992. The text records that it was signed by the premiers and chief ministers of the participating jurisdictions on that date. Within the content of the declaration there are two operative statements relevant to amendment and review.

First, the declaration states that "This declaration and any subsequent declarations will be reviewed for accuracy each year." That imposes an administrative expectation of annual review, though the text does not set out the mechanics of who conducts the review, the standard for accuracy, or the remedial steps to take if inaccuracies are found. The annual-review clause implies an intention for the declaration to be kept current and subject to periodic revision, and to be re-published if revised.

Second, the declaration requires publication of declarations and any revised declarations on the COAG mutual recognition website and on the websites of the relevant licensing authorities. The publication requirement thus establishes transparency as a feature of the amendment or revision lifecycle.

What the document does not contain about amendment history

No recorded prior versions or subsequent amendments: The provided text does not display any past versions of the declaration, tracked amendments, or a recorded amendment history beyond the statement that reviews will occur annually. The instrument itself reads as the dated May 2008 declaration without an appended amendment log.
No procedural amendment pathway specified beyond review and publication: The declaration does not set out a formal amendment procedure (for example, required majority, COAG processes, or executive remaking instruments). It does not describe who must approve any revision beyond recording that ministers signed the present declaration and that COAG had expressed a wish for full mutual recognition.

Practical implications of the stated review mechanism

Potential for change annually: Because the declaration is to be reviewed annually, rights and obligations established by the Schedule may be altered in future declarations, and those changes will be published. Applicants and regulators should therefore monitor the published COAG resource and licensing authority websites for revised declarations.
Administrative update rather than legislative amendment: The annual-review language and publication requirement indicate that the instrument anticipates administrative revision through ministerial action leading to revised declarations, rather than formal amendment to an Act. As a section 32 ministerial declaration, it functions as a subordinate instrument to the Mutual Recognition Act 1992.

In short, the document records a one-off ministerial declaration with an ongoing administrative commitment to annual review and public publication, but it contains no recorded amendment history within the provided text.

The ministerial declaration and its Schedule, as provided, contain no reported litigation history, no judicial references, and no case law citations. The text does not name any litigation or adjudicative determinations that have interpreted or enforced this declaration.

From the instrument itself, the pathways for dispute or challenge would be procedural and statutory rather than established in the declaration. The text directs that for licences not included in the declaration, or where the Schedule indicates "No equivalent declared", the registration authority will decide licence recognition "in accordance with the other provisions of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992." Any litigation arising from decisions under those other provisions would therefore proceed under the Act and the relevant jurisdictional statutes, but the declaration does not set out or reference case law or dispute-resolution mechanisms.

Potential sources of contest, as permitted by the instrument

Disputes over equivalence and conditions: Where the second-jurisdiction regulator seeks to replicate additional conditions on the equivalent licence, or requires evidence of insurance/fidelity/trust funds prior to issuing the licence, an applicant may dispute the imposition or scope of those conditions under the second jurisdiction’s administrative review mechanisms or judicial review, but the declaration itself does not specify such routes.
Disputes about interpretation of the Schedule: The Schedule maps licence titles across jurisdictions with differing statutory bases and slightly different licence names. Interpretation questions about whether a particular first-jurisdiction licence fits the Schedule description could conceivably generate review or litigation, but no cases are cited in the declaration.

Because the source contains no litigation history, practitioners must look to the Mutual Recognition Act 1992, the relevant jurisdictional licensing statutes, and administrative-law principles where disputes arise. The declaration functions as an administrative mapping whose legal effect will be given operational force through the second jurisdiction’s regulatory processes and any legal challenges to those processes.

This declaration contains a number of concrete pitfalls and practical traps for users and advisers. The instrument’s design and text create particular points where an applicant, employer, regulator or adviser could misunderstand scope or process.

Natural persons only, companies excluded

The declaration explicitly states that "Licences covered by this declaration are licences that are issued to natural persons, not licences issued to companies." That means: if the first-jurisdiction licence is held by a corporate entity or the operation is structured through a company, the declaration does not operate to compel the second jurisdiction to grant the corporate licence. Practitioners must not assume corporate licences carry equivalent administrative recognition under this instrument.

Matrix mapping depends on exact licence naming and row placement

The Schedule is a row-based matrix mapping specific licence titles from a first jurisdiction to equivalent titles in other jurisdictions. The equivalent outcome depends on whether the applicant’s licence matches the Column A description exactly enough to be treated as the "primary licence" for that row. If the applicant’s licence differs in name or contains specialist endorsements not reflected in Column A, there is a risk that the second-jurisdiction regulator will treat the licence as not captured by the Schedule and handle the application under the Act’s general provisions.

Additional conditions may be replicated even if not listed

The notes say that if an applicant holds a Column A licence but has additional conditions not shown in the Schedule, the second-jurisdiction authority "may, in issuing a licence, apply those additional conditions to directly replicate the conditions applying to the first jurisdiction licence." This means that applicants cannot rely on a Schedule absence of certain conditions to avoid having them imposed in the second jurisdiction; replication of conditions is permitted.

Non-skill requirements may be imposed before issuance

The Schedule allows regulators to require evidence of compliance with insurance, fidelity funds, trust accounts and the like prior to issuing the equivalent licence. Even where technical competency is accepted via mutual recognition, an applicant may be refused issuance until those public-protection requirements are satisfied. These are prerequisites and the declaration contemplates them.

Divergent statutory bases and enforcement regimes remain operative

Each jurisdiction’s licence will be issued under its own statute listed in the Codes. Licence titles that appear equivalent in the matrix may nonetheless be tied to different statutory powers and different enforcement regimes once issued. Practitioners must check the statutory mechanics of the second jurisdiction rather than assuming identical rights and regulatory conditions follow the grant of the equivalent licence.

Technical definitions reference external standards

The definition of "extra low voltage" and "electrical installation" in the agreed scope of work is drawn from AS/NZS 3000. If a dispute arises about the scope of permitted work, the regulator will likely apply the wiring rules. Applicants should therefore be prepared to show that their training, competency and licensing align with the technical standard referenced, and not rely solely on the Schedule’s lay description.

Blank or greyed cells and "No equivalent declared" outcomes

The Schedule contains shaded or empty cells for some pairings, and the notes explicitly provide that where a licence is not included in the declaration, or the Schedule so states, the decision is left to the registration authority under the Act. Such blank or "No equivalent declared" outcomes are common in mutual-recognition matrices and are a practical source of delay and uncertainty.

Annual review can change the mapping

The declaration commits to annual review and publication. That means the mapping is potentially dynamic; equivalence relationships can be revised or removed in subsequent declarations. Applicants and employers should not assume permanence.

Publication locations and timing

The declaration requires publication on the COAG mutual recognition website and the licensing authorities’ websites. However, the instrument does not specify timelines for decision-making, so there can be an administrative lag between a declared revision and practitioner awareness. Regular checking of the stated sites is therefore necessary.

No standalone penalty provisions within the declaration

Because the instrument contains no penalty clauses, any enforcement action for wrongful practice, breach of conditions, or failure to meet public-protection requirements will be dealt with under the second jurisdiction’s statute. Applicants may be surprised that the declaration does not immunise them from the second jurisdiction’s statutory discipline regimes.

In practice, the principal operational gotchas are: (a) confirming that the applicant’s exact licence and its conditions align with the Column A description, (b) anticipating the second-jurisdiction regulator will check and may replicate conditions or require proof of insurance/trust-account compliance, (c) recognising that company licences are excluded, and (d) monitoring for possible changes through the annual-review mechanism.

This section sets out practical steps and document checklist items that an applicant, adviser or registration authority should follow to implement the declaration and manage the mutual-recognition process for an individual unrestricted electrical contractor.

Confirm the licence-holder is a natural person

Start by validating that the licence is issued to a natural person. The declaration expressly excludes licences issued to companies, so a corporate licence-holder will not qualify under this declaration.

Identify the first-jurisdiction licence and match it to Column A

Verify that the applicant’s licence corresponds to the Column A description in the Schedule for the row concerned. Use the exact licence wording where possible (for example "Contractor licence - electrical wiring work, endorsed" in NSW as shown in the Schedule), and compare any endorsements or endorsements text that may affect the match.

Identify the target second jurisdiction and the mapped equivalent in the Schedule

Find the second-jurisdiction column for the jurisdiction where registration is sought (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT). Confirm the Schedule row maps the Column A licence to a specific second-jurisdiction licence title (for example "Registered electrical contractor licence" or "Electrical contractor licence" as shown in the relevant cells).

Assemble documentary evidence of the primary licence and its conditions

Prepare certified copies of the primary licence, including full details of any additional conditions on the licence that may not be reflected in the Schedule. Because the second jurisdiction may replicate such conditions when issuing the equivalent licence, it is essential to provide evidence of both the licence details and the attached conditions.

Prepare evidence for non-skill public-protection requirements

The Schedule permits the regulator to require evidence that the applicant can comply with insurance, fidelity funds, trust account requirements and similar measures. Assemble proof of insurance coverage, evidence of membership or access to relevant fidelity funds, trust-account arrangements where applicable, and current compliance certificates or policies if required.

Confirm technical competency alignment with AS/NZS 3000 where relevant

The Schedule uses technical definitions drawn from AS/NZS 3000. Provide evidence of training, assessments, credentials, or practical experience that align the applicant’s qualifications and competencies with the wiring rules where necessary. If the applicant’s training or licence references national or jurisdictional training packages, include those documents.

Contact the second-jurisdiction registration authority early

Before lodging a formal application, consult the registration authority in the target jurisdiction to confirm procedural steps, any forms, fee schedules, and timeframe expectations. Ask what documentation the authority will require to verify equivalence and what checks they will perform before issuance.

Lodge the application under mutual recognition with full documentation

When submitting the mutual-recognition application, include the certified primary licence, statements of any conditions, insurance and trust-account evidence, proof of identity, and any statutory declarations required by the second-jurisdiction regulator.

Anticipate condition replication and be ready to negotiate or seek review

If the second jurisdiction proposes to replicate additional conditions from the primary licence, consider whether those conditions are acceptable or whether a written explanation and supporting evidence may persuade the regulator to modify their approach. Be aware that the declaration permits replication, but administrative or review remedies under the second jurisdiction’s statute may be available if the applicant considers the application of conditions unreasonable.

Monitor publication and annual-review changes

Check the COAG mutual recognition website and the relevant licensing authority website for the published declaration and any revised declarations, because the Schedule can be reviewed annually and revised. If the mapping changes after the application is lodged but before issuance, confirm with the regulator how the change affects the pending application.

If the licence is not listed, use the Act’s other provisions

Where the licence is not included in the declaration, or the Schedule states "No equivalent declared", the application will be decided under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992’s other provisions. In that case, prepare to follow the second-jurisdiction regulator’s processes for assessment, which may include competency assessments, bridging courses, or other statutory steps specific to that jurisdiction.

Keep contemporaneous records

Maintain full, dated copies of all submissions, communications with regulators, and documents provided, because the declaration contemplates condition replication and evidentiary checks which can give rise to administrative disputes.

By following these steps and evidentiary checks, an applicant or adviser can manage the mutual-recognition pathway the declaration sets out, while anticipating the replication of licence conditions and the regulator’s capacity to require public-protection evidence prior to issuance.

Mutual Recognition Act 1992 - Section 32 - Ministerial Declaration (08/05/2008)

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