Mutual Recognition (Automatic Deemed Registration Exemption — Western Australia) (Electricians) Declaration 2025
I, the Honourable Roger Cook MLA, Premier of Western Australia, make the following declaration.
Dated 9 May 2025
Hon Roger Cook MLA
Premier of Western Australia
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Registrations exempted from automatic deemed registration
6 Repeal
This instrument is the Mutual Recognition (Automatic Deemed Registration Exemption — Western Australia) (Electricians) Declaration 2025.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | 1 July 2025 |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under subsection 42S(1) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992.
In this instrument:
Act means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992.
(1) For the purposes of subsection 42S(1) of the Act, the registrations specified in column 1 of the table are excluded from the operation of automatic deemed registration in Western Australia.
(2) The statement set out in column 2 of the table explains, under subsection 42S(2) of the Act, the significant risk to consumer protection, the environment, animal welfare or the health or safety of workers or the public on which basis the Minister is satisfied that the exclusion of the registrations in column 1 is necessary.
Exempted registrations | |
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Registration | Statement explaining significant risk |
1. Electrical contractor’s licence, electrician’s licence and restricted licence under the Electricity (Licensing) Regulations 1991 of Western Australia | Automatic deemed registration in relation to these registrations would heighten the likelihood of a member of the public or worker suffering a fatality or serious injury arising from non-compliant electrical work due to specific features of the Western Australian electrical licensing system that do not apply elsewhere in Australia. |
This instrument is repealed at the start of 1 July 2027.