23Mutual recognition

23 Mutual recognition

(1)  [Section 23 Subsection (1) amended by No. 2 of 2012, s. 69, Applied:01 Jan 2013] The regulator, by notice in the Gazette, may certify that a class of permit capable of being issued under a corresponding Australian law is recognised in this State if the regulator is satisfied that the permits of that class correspond, or substantially correspond, to SSDS permits.

(2)  [Section 23 Subsection (2) amended by No. 2 of 2012, s. 69, Applied:01 Jan 2013] A permit that is of a class recognised in this State by virtue of a regulator's certification under subsection (1) has force and effect in this State, according to its terms, as an SSDS permit to the same extent to which it is in force and effect in the jurisdiction in which it was issued.

(3)  Also, a person whose status or authority in respect of a recognised permit corresponds to the status or authority of a responsible worker under an SSDS permit is taken to be a responsible worker for that recognised permit if and when the person is required to work in this State under that recognised permit.

(4)  Subsection (3) has effect whether the corresponding status and authority referred to in that subsection is derived from the recognised permit itself or from a separate permit issued to the person under a corresponding Australian law.

(5)  The regulations may provide for the recognition of other matters under corresponding Australian laws for the purpose of enabling persons who are authorised to carry out a restricted activity in relation to an SSDS in another jurisdiction (with or without supervision) to carry out the same restricted activity in this State.

(6)  A notice under subsection (1) is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

(7)  In this section –

issued includes granted, conferred and awarded;

permit includes any form of regulatory authority besides a permit;