TRANS-TASMAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ACT 1998

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA TRANS-TASMAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION ACT 1998 As in force at 1 January 1999 Table of provisions 1 Short title ......................................................................................... 1 2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1 3 Termination...................................................................................... 1 4 Definition.......................................................................................... 1 5 Application of Commonwealth legislation ........................................ 1 6 Approval of amendments ................................................................. 2 7 Regulations for temporary exemptions for goods ............................ 2 ENDNOTES -- 1 of 5 -- -- 2 of 5 -- 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 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1998. 2 Commencement This Act comes into operation on 1 January 1999. 3 Termination 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. 4 Definition 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. 5 Application 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 of 5 -- Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1998 2 (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. 6 Approval 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. 7 Regulations 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. -- 4 of 5 -- ENDNOTES Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1998 3 ENDNOTES 1 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 2 LIST OF LEGISLATION Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1998 (Act No. 89, 1998) Assent date 11 December 1998 Commenced 1 January 1999 (s 2) -- 5 of 5 --