Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS ACT 1995 - SECT 8

             (1)  The request must be in writing and must indicate:

                     (a)  who may be, is to be or has been charged with a Tribunal offence as a result of the investigation or prosecution in respect of which the request is made; and

                     (b)  the nature of any such charge; and

                     (c)  the intended time and place of any hearing of any such charge.

             (2)  The request must also indicate:

                     (a)  the nature of the investigation or prosecution in respect of which the request is made; and

                     (b)  the International Convention or other legal basis on which the Tribunal relies for conducting the investigation or prosecution; and

                     (c)  the nature of the assistance sought; and

                     (d)  the procedure (if any) that the Tribunal wants the Attorney-General to follow in complying with the request, including the form in which material must be given to the Tribunal; and

                     (e)  the period within which the Tribunal wants the request complied with; and

                      (f)  any confidentiality requirements that the Tribunal wants observed; and

                     (g)  any other matters that might assist in complying with the request.

             (3)  Failure to comply with subsection (2) does not invalidate a request.