PART 5 - DOMESTIC PROCEDURES FOR OTHER TYPES OF CO-OPERATION
Restrictions on provision of assistance
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Postponement of execution of assistance—
(1)The Attorney-General may postpone the execution of a request for assistance under this Part if, and only if,—
(a)the execution of the request would interfere with an ongoing investigation or prosecution for a different offence and section 117 applies; or
(b)a ruling on admissibility is pending before the ICC and section 118 applies; or
(c)there are competing requests from the ICC and from another State to which New Zealand is under an international obligation and section 119(2)(a) applies; or
(d)the request is for assistance under article 93(1)(l) of the Statute and is one to which section 113(4) applies; or
(e)a request of the kind referred to in section 120(2)(c) is made to the ICC.
(2)Even if a case is one to which subsection (1) applies, the Attorney-General may decide not to postpone the execution of the request, and in that event the request must be dealt with in accordance with this Part.
(3)If the Attorney-General postpones the execution of a request for assistance under this Part, the postponement may be for a reasonable time and may, if the Attorney-General considers it desirable, be extended from time to time.
Cf Statute, articles 93(9), 94, 95
Postponement of execution of ICC request
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