INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ACT 2002 - SECT 77 Attorney - General may authorise applications for search warrants

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ACT 2002 - SECT 77

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   the ICC makes a request to the Attorney - General compliance with which may involve the issue of a search warrant in relation to evidential material; and

  (b)   the Attorney - General is satisfied that:

  (i)   the request relates to an investigation being conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding before the ICC; and

  (ii)   there are reasonable grounds to believe that the material is in Australia .

  (2)   The Attorney - General is to execute the request by authorising, in writing, a police officer to apply to a magistrate of the State or Territory in which that material is believed to be located for a search warrant.