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#### 31 Approved counselling services
31 Approved counselling services
> > (1) The Commissioner may—
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> > > (a) approve professional counsellors who may provide approved counselling services for the purposes of this Act, or
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> > > (b) in the case of counselling services to be provided to a victim of an act of violence or act of modern slavery, or a family victim of a road crime, who is resident outside Australia—give approval for the victim to select a professional counsellor of the victim’s choice to provide the victim with approved counselling services for the purposes of this Act.
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> > (2) The Commissioner may—
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> > > (a) suspend or revoke an approval, and
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> > > (b) make an approval subject to conditions, and
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> > > (c) vary or revoke any condition of an approval or impose additional conditions on an approval.
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> **s 31:** Am 2018 No 30, Sch 5.7\[7\]; 2024 No 92, Sch 1\[20\].