New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING NATIONAL LAW (NSW)

- As at 1 January 2011
- Act 100a of 2010

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objectives
   4.      Definitions
   5.      Interpretation generally
   6.      Single national entity
   7.      Extraterritorial operation of Law
   8.      Law binds the State

   PART 6 - MINISTERIAL COUNCIL

   95.     Functions of Ministerial Council
   96.     Directions

   PART 7 - NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING AUTHORITY

           Division 1 - Establishment, functions and powers

   97.     Establishment of Licensing Authority
   98.     General powers of Licensing Authority
   99.     Functions of Licensing Authority
   100.    Consultation
   101.    Directions
   102.    Delegation

           Division 2 - Governing Board of Licensing Authority

              Subdivision 1 - Establishment and functions

   103.    National Occupational Licensing Board
   104.    Functions of Licensing Board

              Subdivision 2 - Members

   105.    Terms of office of members
   106.    Remuneration
   107.    Vacancy in office of member
   108.    Vacancies to be advertised
   109.    Extension of term of office during vacancy in membership
   110.    Members to act in public interest
   111.    Disclosure of conflict of interest

              Subdivision 3 - Meetings

   112.    General procedure
   113.    Quorum
   114.    Chief executive officer may attend meetings
   115.    Presiding member
   116.    Voting
   117.    First meeting
   118.    Defects in appointment of members

           Division 3 - Chief executive officer

   119.    Chief executive officer
   120.    Functions of chief executive officer

           Division 4 - Staff

   121.    Staff
   122.    Staff seconded to Licensing Authority

           Division 5 - Authorised officers

   123.    Powers of authorised officers
   124.    Functions of authorised officer
   125.    Appointment of authorised officers
   126.    Appointment conditions and limits on powers
   127.    Identity card
   128.    Production and display of identity card
   129.    When authorised officer ceases to hold office
   130.    Resignation
   131.    Return of identity card

           Division 6 - Occupational Licence Advisory Committees

   132.    Establishment of Advisory Committee
   133.    Function of Advisory Committee
   134.    Membership and procedures of Advisory Committee

   PART 8 - INFORMATION AND PRIVACY

           Division 2 - Disclosure of information and confidentiality

   136.    Definition
   138.    Duty of confidentiality
   139.    Disclosure to jurisdictional regulators and other Commonwealth, State and Territory entities

   PART 9 - MISCELLANEOUS

           Division 1 - Finance

   142.    National Occupational Licensing Authority Fund
   143.    Payments into Authority Fund
   144.    Payments out of Authority Fund
   145.    Investment by Licensing Authority
   146.    Financial management duties of Licensing Authority

           Division 3 - Provisions relating to persons exercising functions under Law

   149.    General duties of persons exercising functions under this Law
   151.    Protection from personal liability for persons exercising functions

           Division 4 - Legal proceedings

   152.    Limitation on time for starting proceedings

           Division 6 - Regulations

   160.    National regulations
   161.    Regulations about licensing, registration and accreditation of persons carrying out licensed occupations
   162.    Inclusion of new occupations in national regulations
   163.    Publication of national regulations
   164.    Parliamentary scrutiny of national regulations
   165.    Effect of disallowance of national regulation
           SCHEDULE 1