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


                       northern territory of australia

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  This reprint shows the Act as in force at 1 January 1999.  Any amendments
               that commence after that date are not included.
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                  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)   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.


                                  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)                        |