One registration of a person working in the ACT under the Automatic Mutual Recognition scheme, with their name, licence number, licence category, type and subclass, any conditions, the state that issued the home licence and its expiry date.

The publisher says the fields reflect what the interstate registrant gave when they applied, and recommends checking the home state's public register to confirm a licence.

Datasets / Australian Capital Territory / Access Canberra / Occupational licence registers in the ACT

Automatic mutual recognition register, ACT

Name: Automatic mutual recognition register, ACT
Creator: Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate
Published: 2026-10-03
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Publisher Access Canberra, City and Environment DirectorateUpdated weeklyLicence CC BY 4.0Latest 2026-10-03Rows 2,049Fields 8

The public register of Automatic Mutual Recognition registrations Access Canberra keeps. Each row carries the licensee's name, the licence number, the licence category (such as security, professional engineer, agent or architect), the licence type, the subclass, any conditions, the state or territory that issued the licence and the expiry date.

Also called: ACT AMR public register, Interstate licence holders working in the ACT, ACT automatic mutual recognition notifications.

Part of Occupational licence registers in the ACT, 2 tables the publisher releases together: Professional engineers register, ACT.

Before you use it

What is in each row?: One registration of a person working in the ACT under the Automatic Mutual Recognition scheme, with their name, licence number, licence category, type and subclass, any conditions, the state that issued the home licence and its expiry date.
How accurate is it?: The publisher says the fields reflect what the interstate registrant gave when they applied, and recommends checking the home state's public register to confirm a licence.

Made for agents

Connect your AI agent

Any agent that connects to publicdata.au/mcp can find this dataset, read its 8 fields, count and filter across all 2,049 rows and diff its versions. Every answer names the version and carries Access Canberra's attribution. No key.

Then ask it: What does Automatic mutual recognition register, ACT hold, and what changed in the newest version?

claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp

One command. No key, no account, no sign-up.

https://publicdata.au/mcp

Streamable HTTP. Cursor, VS Code or any client that connects to a remote MCP server.

Using https://publicdata.au/llms.txt, how many people died on Queensland roads in 2025, by month?

For an assistant that reads the web and has no connector.

ExploreChart every row in your browser

A dashboard over every row. Click to filter, add panels, share a link or embed a frame.

Query APIFilter and count from a URL

aggregate?group=licence_category&metric=count

Registrations by licence category: 1,038 Security, 417 Professional Engineer, 313 Agent, 179 Architect.

Download it as Excel, CSV, JSON and 6 more formats

Pick a format and a version. Excel is picked first because it opens in the tools most offices have. The URL is yours to keep. A dated version never changes.

Format

Version "Latest" redirects to the newest version and will change when the publisher releases again. A dated version never changes.

https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/latest/data.xlsx

Download

In your own tools

Use it in Excel, R, Python and more

Excel and Power BI read the CSV from its address and refresh from it. The R and Python packages take any dataset on this site by its slug, so a new dataset needs no new release. The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS, and a query reads only the blocks it touches.

The dated URL in the code never changes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/latest/ redirects to the newest version.

https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/latest/data.csv

In Excel choose Data, then From Web, and paste this address. Excel keeps it, so Refresh All reads the newest version. A sheet holds about a million rows; past that, load the query to the Data Model.

https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/latest/data.csv

In Power BI Desktop choose Get data, then Web, paste this address and choose Anonymous when asked how to sign in. A scheduled refresh reads the same address, so the report follows each new version.

library(publicdataau)
df <- pd_read("act-mutual-recognition-register")
pd_attribution(df)

install.packages("publicdataau"). pd_read() fetches the version's Parquet file; pd_rows() and pd_aggregate() ask the query API instead, and pd_connect() attaches the DuckDB file.

import publicdata_au as pd_au
df = pd_au.read("act-mutual-recognition-register")
df.attrs["publicdata"]["attribution"]

pip install "publicdata-au[pandas]". read() fetches the version's Parquet file; rows() and aggregate() ask the query API, and connect() attaches the DuckDB file.

INSTALL httpfs; LOAD httpfs;
ATTACH 'https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/v/2026-10-03/data.duckdb' AS act_mutual_recognition_register (READ_ONLY);
SELECT licence_category, count(*) FROM act_mutual_recognition_register.records GROUP BY 1 ORDER BY 2 DESC;

The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS and only the blocks a query touches are read. Parquet works the same way: FROM read_parquet(url).

const res = await fetch("https://publicdata.au/api/v1/datasets/act-mutual-recognition-register/aggregate?group=licence_category&metric=count");
const { rows, publicdata } = await res.json();
console.log(rows, publicdata.attribution);

The query API answers a page on any site as well as Node, with no key. It returns the rows and the attribution the licence asks for.

What is in it

Column names are made snake_case and the publisher's original header is kept beside each one. Blank cells are null. Nothing is added, removed, ranked or summarised. Cells were typed and headers were made snake_case. The publisher's header is kept beside every field in schema.json. Rows were left alone.

Field	Type	Publisher's header
licensee_name	string	Licensee Name
licence_number	string	Licence Number
licence_category	string	Licence Category
licence_type	string	Licence Type
subclass	string	Subclass
conditions	string	Conditions
licence_issued_in	string	Licence Issued In
date_expiry	date	Date Expiry

Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json.

A sample of 10 rows

From the latest version, each licence category in turn, then in the publisher's order, with every field. A blank cell is shown as null.

licensee_name	licence_number	licence_category	licence_type	subclass	conditions	licence_issued_in	date_expiry
Evan Xenophondos	000232446	Security	Security - Employee	1AE	null	New South Wales	2026-12-31
Daniel Johnson	CC6064J	Professional Engineer	Professional Engineer	Civil	null	Tasmania	2026-10-31
Kevin Lewis George	065134L	Agent	Agent - Real Estate	Class 1	null	Victoria	2026-12-31
Keith Westbrook	947	Architect	Architect	Architect	null	Tasmania	2026-12-31
Mark Take Koge Campos	G18172352	Gaming	Gaming Machine Technician	Gaming Machine Technician	null	Victoria	2028-08-31
Robert John Russell	1416218	Transport	Transport - Bus Services Operator	H Endorsement	null	Northern Territory	2028-05-24
Alexander Christian Franck	86540	Commercial Pesticide Controller	Commercial Pesticide Controller	Full Pest Management Technician's License	null	South Australia	2025-09-20
Simon Benjamin Tant	0804	Water Driller	Water Driller	2	null	Victoria	2028-06-20
Andrew William Reeks	MVTC181927	Motor Vehicle Repairer	Motor Vehicle Repairer	Motor mechanic, LPG mechanic	null	New South Wales	2028-02-20
Steven John Shiels	007216	Driving training course provider	Driving training course provider	Steven John Shiels NSW Driving Instructor	null	New South Wales	2025-12-11

The first row as JSON

As it appears in data.json.

GET https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/latest/data.json
{
  "licensee_name": "Evan Xenophondos",
  "licence_number": "000232446",
  "licence_category": "Security",
  "licence_type": "Security - Employee",
  "subclass": "1AE",
  "conditions": null,
  "licence_issued_in": "New South Wales",
  "date_expiry": "2026-12-31"
}

Query it without downloading

The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Build a query here and run it, then copy the URL or the code into your own work.

Try rows or aggregate for this dataset. The query builder needs JavaScript.

How filters work

Each filter is field=operator.value in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with ilike. Prefix not. to negate a filter, as not.eq.value.

Operator	What it matches
eq.value	Equal to the value.
neq.value	Not equal to the value. A blank cell does not match.
gt.value	Greater than the value.
gte.value	Greater than or equal to the value.
lt.value	Less than the value.
lte.value	Less than or equal to the value.
like.text	Matches a pattern where * stands for any run of characters. Case-sensitive.
ilike.text	The same as like, ignoring case.
in.(a,b,c)	Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma.
is.null	Blank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher.

Parameter	What it does
select	Fields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
order	field.asc or field.desc, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent.
limit	Rows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
offset	Rows to skip. The next URL in each answer sets it for you.
group	On aggregate, fields to group by, comma-separated.
metric	On aggregate, count, sum.field, avg.field, min.field or max.field, comma-separated. count when absent.
format	json, ndjson or csv. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers.

Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put versions/<date>/ before rows or aggregate for an answer that never changes. /api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions lists the loaded versions. The 1 newest version is loaded; versions lists them.

The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a Retry-After header, a RateLimit-Policy header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same RateLimit-Policy. A client should wait the Retry-After seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. openapi.json describes this dataset's query paths for client generators and agents.

https://publicdata.au/mcp is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with the same tools, defined in the same place, so a tool added to the pages is added here too. It needs no key and no account. The row tools are held to the query API's limit of 60 queries in 10 seconds from one address, and each call is two queries because it also counts the matching rows. Add it to Claude Code with claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp, add the URL in Claude as a custom connector, or give it to any client that connects to remote MCP servers. Each queryable dataset is also a resource at https://publicdata.au/d/<slug>/fields.json, which lists its fields with their types, the publisher's descriptions, their ranges and the values they hold, so an agent can read a dataset's shape before it writes a query.

Smaller files

The same rows split by a field, one JSON file each. Each file carries the same provenance header.

By licence_category (11 files)

Agent Architect Commercial Pesticide Controller Driving training course provider Gaming Motor Vehicle Repairer Professional Engineer Second-hand Dealer Security Transport Water Driller

by/licence_category/index.json lists every file with its row count.

What changed

One version for every release the publisher has made since this site started following the dataset. The date is the day the file changed on the portal.

2026-10-03
2,049 rows8 fieldsutf-8-sig2823b8fd8455

versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (57 KB, every version's Parquet and manifest)

Questions

How do I download Automatic mutual recognition register as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/v/2026-10-03/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

Can I open Automatic mutual recognition register in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/v/2026-10-03/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 2,049 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/v/2026-10-03/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

How often is Automatic mutual recognition register updated?

Access Canberra releases it weekly. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

Can I use Automatic mutual recognition register commercially?

Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

Is this the official source for Automatic mutual recognition register?

No. The publisher is Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate, and its page is https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/w3me-b75k. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.csv with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

How do I get only the rows for one licence category?

Every version has one JSON file per value of licence_category, 11 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/v/2026-10-03/by/licence_category/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/v/2026-10-03/by/licence_category/security.json holds the 1,038 rows where licence_category is Security.

What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version as source.csv so the change can be checked.

The publisher releases Occupational licence registers in the ACT as 2 files at once, so all 2 tables here share a version date.

Attribution and citation

The licence requires the publisher's attribution. We ask that you also name publicdata.au and link to the version you used.

Access Canberra, ACT Government, Automatic Mutual Recognition Public Register, https://www.data.act.gov.au/d/w3me-b75k, accessed 3 October 2026, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Serialised and versioned by National Digital at publicdata.au, https://publicdata.au/d/act-mutual-recognition-register/v/2026-10-03/

The attribution alone is inside every file. Harvard is the author-date form a report or a brief asks for. Paste the HTML on a web page so the links carry.

Licence record

Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate states the licence, CC BY 4.0, on its own page, which was read and recorded here on 1 October 2026.

Every fetch reads the licence again and stops when it has changed. The fetch that made version 2026-10-03 read it from www.data.act.gov.au on 3 October 2026.

Also published on

Hugging Faceload_dataset("National-Digital/act-mutual-recognition-register")
Kagglewith a starter notebook
ZenodoDOI 10.5281/zenodo.23123536

Each copy carries the same attribution and links back to this page.

For agents and tools

datapackage.jsonFrictionless data package pointing at the latest version
schema.jsonTable Schema for every field
schema.xlsxthe same field list as an Excel data dictionary
versions.jsonevery version with date, rows, fields and hash
changes.jsondiff for every consecutive pair
manifest.jsonwhere the bytes came from and when
Query APIfiltered rows and counts without a download
openapi.jsonOpenAPI 3.1 for this dataset's query paths
explore/charts and dashboards in the browser, shareable and embeddable
index.mdthis page as Markdown

This page carries a schema.org Dataset record and is listed in /.well-known/ard.json and /catalog.json.

Source

Access Canberra, City and Environment Directorate publishes this table on www.data.act.gov.au. Questions about the content go to the publisher. Questions about the files here go to corrections.

Fetched 3 October 2026. Source SHA-256 2823b8fd8455a74d…

Improve this dataset

This page is built from register/act-mutual-recognition-register.yaml on GitHub. Anyone can propose a fix to it, such as a clearer description or a field the publisher renamed, as a pull request.

Report a file that differs from the publisher's · How to contribute