Australia

International Criminal Court Act (2002), No. 41, 2002

Part 4—Other requests by ICC

Division 15—Other types of assistance


103 Other types of assistance

(1) This section applies if:

(a) the ICC requests any type of assistance referred to in paragraph 7(1)(b); 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.

(2) The Attorney General must refuse the request if the request is prohibited by Australian law and:

(a) the ICC does not modify the request as contemplated by paragraph 3 of article 93 of the Statute and section 53; or
(b) the assistance requested cannot be provided in a way referred to in paragraph 5 of article 93 of the Statute and subsection 11(2) or can only be provided subject to conditions that the ICC does not accept.

(3) If subsection (2) does not apply, the Attorney General is to execute the request by authorising, in writing, the provision of the assistance.

(4) If the Attorney General authorises the provision of the assistance, an appropriate authority is to:

(a) take such action as the authority thinks appropriate in the particular case; and
(b) prepare a written report with respect to the action taken; and
(c) send the report to the Attorney General.

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