New South Wales Repealed Acts

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OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 161

161 Regulations about licensing, registration and accreditation of persons carrying out licensed occupations

(1) Without limiting section 160(2)(b), the national regulations may provide for--

(a) the different categories of licences, registration and accreditation that may be granted for licensed occupations; and

(b) the scope of work that may be carried out under the authority of the different categories of licences, registration and accreditation; and

(c) the different types of licences, registration and accreditation that may be granted for licensed occupations; and

(d) the ways in which licensed occupations are to be carried out, including, for example, the way in which work is to be carried out under licences, registration and accreditation and the records to be kept by persons who hold licences, registration and accreditation.

(2) The national regulations may not provide for the licensing, registration or accreditation of persons carrying out, in a participating jurisdiction, prescribed work that is within the scope of a licensed occupation if--

(a) immediately before the occupation became a licensed occupation for the participating jurisdiction under this Law, persons carrying out that prescribed work in the participating jurisdiction were not required to hold a licence, registration or accreditation or be otherwise authorised to carry out the work; and

(b) the Minister who is the member of the Ministerial Council representing the participating jurisdiction has not agreed to the making of the regulation.