A body may be declared by the Minister to be the industry services body and/or the industry export control body if the body is established as a company limited by guarantee under the Corporations Law and has an appropriate constitution (see section   9).

The Secretary may enter into a deed of agreement with a declared body (see section   12). The public may obtain access to the deed of agreement (see section   14).

A declared body may cease to be declared in certain circumstances (see section   10).