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(1)

A decision (the original decision ) made by the Board (whether before or after the commencement of this section) on an application:

(a) made by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and
(b) that did not satisfy the requirements of this Act for the making of the application;

is as valid, and is taken always to have been as valid, as it would have been if the application had satisfied those requirements.

(2)

Any later decision made, or any later action taken by, the Board, the Review Board or the Director under this Act (whether before or after the commencement of this section) on the basis of the original decision is as valid, and is taken always to have been as valid, as it would have been if the original decision had been made on an application that satisfied the requirements of this Act for the making of the application.

2 At the end of Part 5

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44B Validation of Review Board decisions etc. in relation to decisions on applications by law enforcement agencies

(1)

A decision (the review decision ) made by the Review Board (whether before or after the commencement of this section) on an application (the review application ):

(a) for review of a decision on an application made by or on behalf of a law enforcement agency of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and
(b) that did not satisfy the requirements of this Act for the making of the review application;

is as valid, and is taken always to have been as valid, as it would have been if the review application had satisfied those requirements.

(2)

Any later decision made, or any later action taken by, the Board, the Review Board or the Director under this Act (whether before or after the commencement of this section) on the basis of the review decision is as valid, and is taken always to have been as valid, as it would have been if the review decision had been made on an application that satisfied the requirements of this Act for the making of the application.