NOTES AND REFERENCES
- The MRA commenced operation in 1993 when the Commonwealth Government enacted the Mutual Recognition Act 1992. Identical legislation was then passed into law by all the state and territory governments, with the exception of Western Australia.
- Trans‐Tasman Mutual Recognition Act 1997 (Cth) and its counterparts in the participating Australian states and territories.
- Kiely PM, Chakman J, Horton P. Competency standards for entry level to the profession of optometry. Clin Exp Optom 1993; 76: also published as a booklet Competency Standards Optometry. Melbourne : Aust Optom Assoc, 1993.
- Kiely PM, Chakman J, Horton P. Optomet‐ric therapeutic competency standards. Clin Exp Optom 2000; 83: 300–314.