Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020 (WA)

Western Australia Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020 Western Australia Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020 Contents 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Terms used 2 4. Adoption of Commonwealth Act 2 5. Regulations for temporary exemption for goods or laws 3 6. Disclosure to registration authorities in participating jurisdictions 3 7. Protection from liability for giving information 5 8. Tabling documents relating to scheme reviews 5 9. Termination of adoptions 6 10. Revoking termination proclamations 6 Notes Compilation table 8 Defined terms Western Australia Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020 An Act — * to adopt the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Commonwealth) as originally enacted and any amendments made to it before this Act receives the Royal Assent, for the purposes of section 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth; and * to adopt the amendments made to the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Commonwealth) by the Mutual Recognition Amendment Act 2021 (Commonwealth), for the purposes of section 51(xxxvii) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth; and * for related purposes. [Long title inserted: No. 7 of 2022 s. 4.]

1. Short title This is the Mutual Recognition (Western Australia) Act 2020.

2. Commencement This Act comes into operation as follows — (a) sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; (b) the rest of the Act — on 1 March 2021.

3. Terms used In this Act — adopt has the same meaning as in the Constitution of the Commonwealth section 51(xxxvii); Commonwealth Act means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Commonwealth).

4. Adoption of Commonwealth Act (1) The State of Western Australia adopts the Commonwealth Act as originally enacted and any amendments made to it before this Act receives the Royal Assent. (1A) Without limiting subsection (1), the State adopts the amendments made to the Commonwealth Act by the Mutual Recognition Amendment Act 2021 (Commonwealth). (2) The adoption under subsection (1) does not operate so as to give effect to any adopted provision before that provision commences as a law of the Commonwealth. (3) To avoid doubt, it is the intention of the Parliament of the State that a Schedule to the Commonwealth Act as adopted under this Act may be amended from time to time by regulations made under the Commonwealth Act. (4) The Minister is to cause a copy of any regulations referred to in subsection (3) to be laid before each House of Parliament within 14 sitting days of that House after the registration of the regulations in the Federal Register of Legislation maintained under the Legislation Act 2003 (Commonwealth). (5) The adoptions under subsections (1) and (1A) terminate in accordance with section 9. [Section 4 amended: No. 7 of 2022 s. 5.]