Automatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Exemption—Firearms and Private Security) Declaration 2022 (Cth)

Automatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Exemption—Firearms and Private Security) Declaration 2022

I, The Hon Lisa Neville, Minister for Police (Victoria), make the following declaration.

Dated               23 May 2022  

The Hon Lisa Neville

Minister for Police (Victoria)

Contents

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Simplified outline of this instrument......................................................................................... 1

5  Definitions................................................................................................................................ 1

6  Exemptions............................................................................................................................... 2

1  Name

This instrument is the Automatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Exemption—Firearms and Private Security) Declaration 2022.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	1 July 2022	1 July 2022

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under section 42S of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

4  Simplified outline of this instrument

The purpose of this instrument is to exempt registrations for occupations, or for activities covered by occupations, from the automatic deemed registration provisions of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

This instrument has effect only in relation to Victoria.

5  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

6  Exemptions

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 42S(1)(a) of the Act, a registration in column 1 of the table in subsection (3) of this section is excluded from the operation of automatic deemed registration in Victoria.

(2) For the purposes of subsection 42S(2) of the Act, column 2 of the table in subsection (3) of this section sets out a statement of the risk to consumer protection, the environment, animal welfare or the health or safety of workers or the public in relation to each registration in column 1.

(3)  The table is as follows:

Exemptions for the purposes of paragraph 42S(1)(a)
Item	Column 1 Registration	Column 2 Statement of risk
1	Firearms licences provided under the Firearms Act 1996.	There are risks to the safety of workers and the public due to the inconsistent regulatory standards, training, probity and monitoring   of firearm licences nationally.
2	Private security licensing and registrations provided under the Private Security Act 2004.	There are risks to the safety of workers and the public due to the inconsistent regulatory standards, training, probity and monitoring   of private security licences and registrations nationally.

(4)  This section is repealed on 30 June 2027.