PART 5 - DOMESTIC PROCEDURES FOR OTHER TYPES OF CO-OPERATION
Restrictions on provision of assistance
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Refusal of assistance—
(1)The Attorney-General must refuse a request by the ICC for assistance to which this Part applies if—
(a)the ICC does not accept the conditions or other modifications suggested in order to implement the request as contemplated by article 93(5) of the Statute and section 113(4); or
(b)the ICC determines under article 18 or article 19 of the Statute that the case to which the request relates is inadmissible and section 118(4) applies; or
(c)section 120(4) applies.
(2)The Attorney-General may refuse a request by the ICC to which this Part applies if—
(a)Part 8 (which relates to the protection of national security or third party information) applies; or
(b)there are competing requests from the ICC and a State that is not a party to the Statute relating to the same conduct and section 63(4) (as applied by section 119) applies; or
(c)there are competing requests from the ICC and a State that is not a party to the Statute relating to different conduct and section 64(3) (as applied by section 119) applies.
(3)To avoid doubt,—
(a)the only grounds on which assistance to the ICC may be refused are those specified in this section and, if applicable, section 23(2) (which relates to offences involving the administration of justice); and
(b)the restrictions on assistance specified in the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1992 do not apply in relation to a request by the ICC for assistance to which this Part applies.
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