Automatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Notification Requirement—Various) Determination 2021 (No. 2) (Cth)

Automatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Notification Requirement—Various) Determination 2021 (No.2)

I, Melissa Horne, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming & Liquor Regulation, make the following determination.

Dated   15/12/2021                             

Melissa Horne   

Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming & Liquor Regulation

Contents

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

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

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

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

5  Definitions................................................................................................................................ 2

6  Notification requirement for estate agents and professional engineers...................................... 2

7  Notification requirement for other occupations......................................................................... 2

1  Name

This instrument is the Automatic Mutual Recognition (Victoria) (Notification Requirement—Various) Determination. 2021 (No. 2).

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 except for section 7	1 January 2022	1 January 2022
2. Section 7	1 February 2022	1 February 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Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 subsection 42J(4) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

4  Simplified outline of this instrument

The purpose of this instrument is to require a person to notify a local registration authority for an occupation before the person begins to rely on automatic deemed registration under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth to carry on an activity covered by that occupation 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.

5  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the Commonwealth.

6  Notification requirement for estate agents and professional engineers

For the purposes of subsection 42J(4) of the Act, notification is required for the following registrations in Victoria:

(a)  registration of persons providing a professional engineering service within the meaning of the Professional Engineers Registration Act 2019; or

(b)  a licence within the meaning of the Estate Agents Act 1980.

7  Notification requirement for other occupations

For the purposes of subsection 42J(4) of the Act, notification is required for the following registrations in Victoria:

(a)    a licence within the meaning of the Conveyancers Act 2006;

(b)    a licence within the meaning of the Rooming House Operators Act 2016;

(c)    a licence within the meaning of the Motor Car Traders Act 1986;

(d)    a registration within the meaning of the Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989;

(e)    an endorsement within the meaning of the Second-Hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 1989; or

(f)     registration as a manager under the Owners Corporations Act 2006.