Australian Crime Commission Amendment (National Policing Information) Act 2016 (45 of 2016)

Schedule 1   Amendment of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

Australian Crime Commission Act 2002

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.