Mutual Recognition (New South Wales) Act 1992 (NSW)

Mutual Recognition (New South Wales) Act 1992 No 61

An Act to enable the enactment of legislation applying uniformly throughout Australia for the recognition of regulatory standards adopted in Australia regarding goods and occupations.

1 Name of Act and purpose (1) This Act may be cited as the Mutual Recognition (New South Wales) Act 1992. (2) The purpose of this Act is to enable the enactment of legislation applying uniformly throughout Australia for the recognition of regulatory standards adopted in Australia regarding goods and occupations.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Interpretation In this Act, the Commonwealth Act means the Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, enacted as referred to in section 4 (1) (a), and as amended and in force from time to time.

4 Enactment of uniform mutual recognition legislation (1) The following matters, to the extent to which they are not otherwise included in the legislative powers of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, are referred to the Parliament of the Commonwealth for a period commencing on the day on which this Act commences and ending on the day provided under section 5B as the day on which the reference under this Act terminates, but not longer, namely, the matters to which the Schedule relates but only to the extent of— (a) the enactment of an Act in the terms, or substantially in the terms, set out in the Schedule, and (b) the amendment of that Act (other than the Schedules), but only in terms which are approved by the designated person for each of the then participating jurisdictions. (2) 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 the matters mentioned in subsection (1), or that adopts the Commonwealth Act, under paragraph (xxxvii) of section 51 of the Commonwealth Constitution, or (b) a Territory (being the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory) for which there is in force an Act of its legislature that requests the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact the Commonwealth Act or that enables the Commonwealth Act to apply in relation to it. (3) For the purposes of this section, the designated person for a State is the Governor, for the Australian Capital Territory is the Chief Minister and for the Northern Territory is the Administrator. (4)–(6) (Repealed)