Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1998 (NT)

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

TRANS-TASMAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ACT 1998

As in force at 1 January 1999

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 1 January 1999

TRANS-TASMAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ACT 1998

An Act relating to the recognition of regulatory standards adopted in New Zealand regarding goods and occupations

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1998.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on 1 January 1999.

3Termination

The Administrator may, by notice in the Gazette, fix a day, being a day that is not earlier than 12 months after the date of the publication of the notice, on which this Act will expire, and this Act will expire accordingly.

4Definition

In this Act, Commonwealth Act means the Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth referred to in section 5(1) and as amended and in force from time to time.

5Application of Commonwealth legislation

• (1)

  The Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth applies as a law of the Territory.

• (2)

  The Legislative Assembly requests the Parliament of the Commonwealth to amend the Commonwealth Act (other than the Schedules) but only in terms that are approved by the designated person for each of the then participating jurisdictions.

• (3)

  For the purposes of this section, a participating jurisdiction is:

  • (a)

    a State for which there is in force an Act of its Parliament that refers to the Parliament of the Commonwealth, to the extent to which they are not otherwise included in the legislative powers of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, matters to which the Schedule relates, or that adopts the Commonwealth Act, under section 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution; or

  • (b)

    the Territory or the Australian Capital Territory (while there is in force an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory that requests the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact the Commonwealth Act or that enables the Commonwealth Act to apply in relation to the Australian Capital Territory).

• (4)

  For the purposes of this section, the designated person for the Territory is the Administrator, for a State is the Governor and for the Australian Capital Territory is the Chief Minister.

6Approval of amendments

For the purposes of section 5(2), the Administrator may, by notice in the Gazette, approve the terms of amendments of the Commonwealth Act.

7Regulations for temporary exemptions for goods

Without limiting any other power to make regulations under any other Act, the Administrator may make regulations for the purposes mentioned in section 46 of the Commonwealth Act.

ENDNOTES

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  KEY

Key to abbreviations

 

amd = amended od = order

app = appendix om = omitted

bl = by-law pt = Part

ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule

cl = clause rem = remainder

div = Division renum = renumbered

exp = expires/expired rep = repealed

f = forms s = section

Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule

hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision

ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation

lt = long title sub = substituted

nc = not commenced

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  LIST OF LEGISLATION

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1998 (Act No. 89, 1998)
Assent date	11 December 1998
Commenced	1 January 1999 (s 2)