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13 Approval where there is a State accreditation system

(1) This section applies if the State in which the premises are located has an accreditation system under which pathology laboratories may obtain accreditation for the performance of pathology services of the kind to which the application relates. (2) When making a decision under section 23DN of the Act, the Minister must consider, in relation to the premises, the following matters: (a) whether the premises have State accreditation; and (b) if the premises have State accreditation, the services for which the accreditation is granted, the basis on which the accreditation was conferred and the period for which the accreditation operates; and (c) for premises that are not so accredited, whether that circumstance is because: (i) accreditation of the premises has been revoked; or (ii) accreditation of the premises has been refused; or (iii) accreditation of the premises has not been sought; or (iv) accreditation of the premises has not been renewed; and (d) for premises to which paragraph (2) (c) applies, the reasons for the circumstance.