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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Mutual Recognition (Victoria) Act 1998
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 1
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 2
PART 2--MUTUAL RECOGNITION 3
3. Definition 3
4. Adoption of Commonwealth Act 3
5. Regulations for temporary exemptions for goods 3
6. Termination of reference 3
7. Transitional 3
8. Consequential amendments 4
PART 3--TRANS-TASMAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION 5
9. Amendment of Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition (Victoria)
Act 1998 5
10. New section 6 substituted 5
6. Termination of reference 5
NOTES 6
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
A BILL
to continue the adoption of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of the
Commonwealth, to amend the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition
(Victoria) Act 1998 and certain other Acts and for other purposes.
Mutual Recognition (Victoria) Act 1998
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1. Purpose
The main purpose of this Act is to continue the
adoption of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 of
5 the Commonwealth.
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2. Commencement
(1) This Part, section 8 and Part 3 come into operation
on the day on which this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
5 (2) Part 2 (except section 8) is deemed to have come
into operation on 1 July 1998.
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PART 2--MUTUAL RECOGNITION
3. Definition
In this Part--
"Commonwealth Act" means the Mutual
5 Recognition Act 1992 of the
Commonwealth.
4. Adoption of Commonwealth Act
(1) The Commonwealth Act, as originally enacted
and as amended by regulations made before the
10 enactment of the Mutual Recognition (Victoria)
Act 1993, is adopted within the meaning of
section 51(xxxvii) of the Commonwealth of
Australia Constitution.
(2) The adoption under sub-section (1) has effect for a
15 period commencing on 1 July 1998 and ending on
the day fixed under section 6 as the day on which
the adoption terminates.
5. Regulations for temporary exemptions for goods
Without limiting any other power under any other
20 Act, the Governor in Council may make
regulations for the purposes mentioned in section
15 of the Commonwealth Act as adopted.
6. Termination of reference
The Governor in Council, by proclamation
25 published in the Government Gazette, may fix a
day as the day on which the adoption of the
Commonwealth Act under section 4 of this Act
terminates.
7. Transitional
30 Anything done or purporting to have been done
after the expiry of the Mutual Recognition
(Victoria) Act 1993 and before the enactment of
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this Act is deemed to have, and always to have
had, the same effect as it would have had if the
Mutual Recognition (Victoria) Act 1993 had not
expired.
5 8. Consequential amendments
(1) In section 170 of the Building Act 1993, sub-
sections (3) and (4) are repealed.
(2) Section 63D of the Legal Practice Act 1996 is
repealed.
10 (3) Section 4 of the Medical Practice Act 1994 is
repealed.
(4) Section 4 of the Nurses Act 1993 is repealed.
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PART 3--TRANS-TASMAN MUTUAL RECOGNITION
9. Amendment of Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition
(Victoria) Act 1998
In section 4(2) of the Trans-Tasman Mutual
5 Recognition (Victoria) Act 1998, for the words
and expressions beginning "ending on the fifth
anniversary" and ending at the end of the
sub-section, substitute "ending on the day fixed
under section 6 of this Act as the day on which the
10 adoption terminates".
10. New section 6 substituted
For section 6 of the Trans-Tasman Mutual
Recognition (Victoria) Act 1998 substitute--
"6. Termination of reference
15 The Governor in Council, by proclamation
published in the Government Gazette, may
fix a day as the day on which the adoption of
the Commonwealth Act under section 4 of
this Act terminates.".
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NOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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