Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS ACT 1995 - SECT 42

             (1)  While a Tribunal is sitting in Australia, it may exercise such powers as are prescribed by the regulations in respect of the Tribunal.

             (2)  Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) must implement agreements between the Commonwealth and the Tribunal about the powers that the Tribunal may exercise while sitting in Australia.

             (3)  Despite section 49A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may apply, adopt or incorporate, with or without modification, the rules of procedure and evidence, as in force at a particular time or as in force from time to time, adopted under:

                     (a)  in the case of the Former Yugoslavia Tribunal--Article 15 of the Statute of the Tribunal; or

                     (b)  in the case of the Rwanda Tribunal--Article 14 of the Statute of the Tribunal.