Australian Capital Territory
Occupational Health and Safety (National Certificates of Competency) Exemption 2006
Notifiable Instrument NI2006 — 418
made under the:
Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulation 2000 - section 32 (Exemptions)

1	Name of instrument
	This instrument is the Occupational Health and Safety (National Certificates of Competency) Exemption 2006.
2	Commencement 
	This instrument commences on the day after notification.
3	Exemption
Holders of a valid certificate of competency from another Australian jurisdiction, issued under a corresponding law listed in Schedule 2 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulation 2000 (the Regulation) or by the relevant authority in that jurisdiction, are exempt from the operation of section 25 of the Regulation.

4	Conditions on exemption
The exemption of holders of a valid certificate of competency from another Australian jurisdiction, issued under a corresponding law or by the relevant authority in that jurisdiction, is subject to the following conditions:
1.	A certificate of competency issued under a corresponding law or by the relevant authority in another jurisdiction is valid if the certificate is current, and is neither cancelled, suspended or surrendered, either in the issuing jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction.
2.	The exemption only permits work of the type authorised by the certificate of currency to be lawfully performed in the Territory.

3.	Any conditions imposed on a certificate of currency issued under a corresponding law or by the relevant authority in another jurisdiction must still be complied with when performing work in the Territory.

Erich Janssen
Occupational Health and Safety Commissioner

15  November 2006