79Power to check applicant’s criminal history

79 Power to check applicant’s criminal history (1) Before deciding an application for registration, a National Board must check the applicant’s criminal history. (2) For the purposes of checking an applicant’s criminal history, a National Board may obtain a written report about the criminal history of the applicant from any of the following— (a) ACC; (b) a police commissioner; (c) an entity in a jurisdiction outside Australia that has access to records about the criminal history of persons in that jurisdiction. (3) A criminal history law does not apply to a report about an applicant’s criminal history under subsection (2).