Guideline & Information on the Operation of Mutual Recognition in Tasmania

Mutual recognition of standards and occupations recognises a need for fundamental regulatory reform to enhance the flexibility and competitiveness of the Australian economy. Heads of Government signed an Inter Governmental Agreement on 11 May 1992 binding States and Territories and the Commonwealth to introducing legislation establishing a national market in goods and services. The Commonwealth and Tasmania have enacted complementary legislation establishing the Mutual Recognition system.

Under the provisions of the Mutual Recognition Act, 1992 (Commonwealth) a person who has a current authority to practise in one State/Territory in an occupation recognised as equivalent to an occupation in another State/Territory, is eligible to be registered and to carry on that equivalent occupation in that second State or Territory. This right may be exercised provided that certain conditions, including lodgement of certain information verified by a Statutory Declaration, are met.

Mutual Recognition provides an additional and alternative avenue for obtaining registration. Applicants have the choice of applying for registration as a Chiropractor or Osteopath under the Mutual Recognition Act or the current Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Act 1997.

The written notice (application form) must cover the matters referred to in Section 19 (2) of the Mutual Recognition Act 1992.

Application forms for registration in Tasmania are available for downloading here.