INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 18 Asking the transfer country to consent to the transfer

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF PRISONERS ACT 1997 - SECT 18

  (1)   The Attorney - General must ask the transfer country:

  (a)   whether it consents to the transfer of a prisoner for whom an application has been given under section   16; and

  (b)   to propose any terms on which any consent is to be subject.

  (2)   When asking the transfer country, the Attorney - General must give the transfer country the following:

  (a)   a copy of the application given under section   16 for the prisoner;

  (b)   any information required to be provided in accordance with arrangements made with the transfer country; and

  (c)   any other information the Attorney - General considers relevant, including details of:

  (i)   any request for extradition of the prisoner that has been made under the Extradition Act 1988 ; and

  (ii)   any expression of interest made to the Attorney - General by another country to extradite the prisoner.

Note:   The Attorney - General may also ask the transfer country for information relevant to the transfer.