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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 17
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17  At the end of section 46A
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Accredited bodies
 (5) The CEO may, in writing, approve any of the following as an accredited body for the purposes of receiving nationally coordinated criminal history checks:
 (a) a body of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;
 (b) any other body or organisation however described (including bodies or organisations outside Australia).
 (6) In deciding whether to approve a body or organisation, the CEO must act in accordance with any policy determined, and any direction given, in writing by the Board.
 (7) An instrument approving a body or organisation as an accredited body is not a legislative instrument.