Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS ACT 1995 - SECT 7

             (1)  A request by a Tribunal, for assistance that it needs to perform its functions in respect of an investigation or prosecution it is conducting or proposes to conduct, is to be made to the Attorney‑General, or a person authorised by the Attorney‑General.

             (2)  Without limiting subsection (1), the request may be for assistance of one or more of the following types:

                     (a)  arresting and surrendering to the Tribunal a person in relation to whom the Tribunal has issued an arrest warrant;

                     (b)  executing a request for search and seizure;

                     (c)  obtaining evidence, a document or other article;

                     (d)  providing a document or other record;

                     (e)  locating and identifying a witness or suspect;

                      (f)  arranging for a person to give evidence or assist an investigation;

                     (g)  causing the forfeiture of property or the proceeds of crime;

                     (h)  serving documents;

                      (i)  arranging for the Tribunal to sit in Australia.

             (3)  If a request by a Tribunal is made to, or received by, a person authorised under subsection (1), the request is taken for the purposes of this Act to have been made to, or received by, the Attorney‑General.