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.