PART 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE
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Requests to be made through authorised channel—
(1)A request for assistance must be made through an authorised channel and,—
(a)in the case of a request to which Part 4 applies, be transmitted to the Minister; or
(b)in any other case, be transmitted to the Attorney-General or a person authorised by the Attorney-General to receive requests.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) and section 26(1), an ``authorised channel'' is—
(a)the diplomatic channel to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; or
(b)any other appropriate channel that New Zealand may designate at the time it ratifies the Statute or at any subsequent time in accordance with the Rules.
(3)This section is subject to section 26 (which relates to urgent requests).
Cf 1999 No 55 s 18(2); Statute, articles 87(1)(a) and (b)
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