Part 1—Preliminary

4 Definitions

evidence includes expert evidence.

evidential material means a thing relevant to a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC, including such a thing in electronic form.

Part 2—General provisions relating to requests by the ICC for cooperation

7 What constitutes a request for cooperation

(1) A request for cooperation is a request made by the ICC to Australia, in respect of an investigation or prosecution that the Prosecutor is conducting or proposing to conduct, for:

(a) assistance in connection with any one or more of the following:

(iii) the taking of evidence, including testimony on oath, and the production of evidence, including expert opinions and reports necessary to the ICC;

Part 4—Other requests by ICC

Division 5—Taking evidence or producing documents or articles


64 Attorney General may authorise taking of evidence or the production of documents or articles

(1) This section applies if:

(a) the ICC requests that:
(i) evidence be taken in Australia; or
(ii) documents or other articles in Australia be produced; and
(b) the Attorney General is satisfied that:
(i) the request relates to an investigation being conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding before the ICC; and
(ii) there are reasonable grounds for believing that the evidence can be taken, or the documents or other articles can be produced, as the case may be, in Australia.

(2) The Attorney General is to execute the request by authorising, in writing:

(a) the taking of evidence or production of documents or other articles; and
(b) the sending of evidence, documents or other articles to the ICC.

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 1—Preliminary

4 Definitions

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

...

evidence includes expert evidence.

evidential material means a thing relevant to a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC, including such a thing in electronic form.

examination of a site that is a grave includes exhumation of the grave.

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 2—General provisions relating to requests by the ICC for cooperation

7 What constitutes a request for cooperation

(1) A request for cooperation is a request made by the ICC to Australia, in respect of an investigation or prosecution that the Prosecutor is conducting or proposing to conduct, for:

(a) assistance in connection with any one or more of the following:

the taking of evidence, including testimony on oath, and the production of evidence, including expert opinions and reports necessary to the ICC;

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 3 Requests by the ICC for arrest and surrender of persons

Division 3—Arrest of persons

27 Application for search warrants

(1) If:

a person is arrested under a warrant issued under section 20 or 21; and

a police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that evidential material relating to a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC in respect of which the warrant was issued is, or within the applicable period referred to in subsection (3) of this section will be, at any premises;

the police officer may, by an information on oath that sets out the grounds for the suspicion, apply for a search warrant in relation to the premises to search for that material.

(2) If:

a person is arrested under a warrant issued under section 20 or 21; and

a police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that evidential material relating to a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC in respect of which the warrant was issued is, or within the applicable period referred to in subsection (3) of this section will be, in a person’s possession;

the police officer may, by an information on oath that sets out the grounds for the suspicion, apply for a search warrant in relation to the person to search for the material.

(3) For the purposes of this section, the applicable period is:

if the application for the warrant is made by telephone, telex, fax or other electronic means, as
provided by section 116- 48 hours; or otherwise-72 hours.

An Act to facilitate compliance by Australia with obligations under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and for related purposes

Part 4 Other requests by ICC

Division 5—Taking evidence or producing documents or articles

64 Attorney-General may authorise taking of evidence or the production of documents or articles

(1) This section applies if:

(a) the ICC requests that:

evidence be taken in Australia; or

documents or other articles in Australia be produced; and

(b) the Attorney-General is satisfied that:

the request relates to an investigation being conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding before the ICC; and

there are reasonable grounds for believing that the evidence can be taken, or the documents or other articles can be produced, as the case may be, in Australia.

(2) The Attorney-General is to execute the request by authorising, in writing:

the taking of evidence or production of documents or other articles; and

the sending of evidence, documents or other articles to the ICC.

Article 93
Other forms of cooperation
1. States Parties shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part and under procedures of national law, comply with requests by the Court to provide the following assistance in relation to investigations or prosecutions:
(b) The taking of evidence, including testimony under oath, and the production of evidence, including expert opinions and reports necessary to the Court

Article 99
Execution of requests under articles 93 and 96
2. In the case of an urgent request, the documents or evidence produced in response shall, at
the request of the Court, be sent urgently.