Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Tasmania) Act 2003 (Tas)

Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Tasmania) Act 2003

An Act to adopt the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth and for other purposes [Royal Assent 9 October 2003]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Tasmania) Act 2003 .

2. Commencement (1) Sections 8 , 9 and 10 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. (2) The remaining provisions of this Act are taken to have commenced on 2 May 2003.

3. Interpretation In this Act – adopted means adopted by this Act; Commonwealth Act means the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 of the Commonwealth; previous Act means the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Tasmania) Act 1998 .

4. Adoption of Commonwealth Act (1) The Commonwealth Act, as originally enacted and as amended from time to time by regulations made in accordance with the Commonwealth Act, is adopted within the meaning of section 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth. (2) The adoption has effect for a period commencing on the day this section commences and ending on the day fixed under section 5 as the day on which the adoption ends.

5. End of adoption of Commonwealth Act The Governor may, at any time, fix by regulation a day as the day on which the adoption of the Commonwealth Act under section 4(1) ends.

6. Regulations for temporary exemptions Without limiting any other power under any other Act, the Governor may make regulations for the purposes mentioned in section 46 of the Commonwealth Act as adopted.

7. Validation (1) This section applies to any thing done, or purporting to have been done, after the expiry of the previous Act and before the enactment of this Act, and to which the previous Act would have had application if it had not expired. (2) The thing is taken to have, and always to have had, the same effect as it would have had if the previous Act had not expired. (3) However, if the thing was done because of the expiry, this section is subject to section 8 .