Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If Timor - Leste wishes to transport in custody through Australia a person (the accused ) who has been arrested for an offence against a criminal law in force in Timor - Leste that applies in the Greater Sunrise special regime area , the following provisions apply:
(a) the accused may be transported in custody through Australia ; and
(b) if an aircraft or ship transporting the accused makes a landing or calls at a place in Australia :
(i) the person holding the accused in custody before the landing or call is made may hold the accused in custody for not more than 24 hours; and
(ii) a police officer may provide reasonable and necessary assistance to facilitate the transport of the accused in custody; and
(iii) a magistrate to whom application is made, according to the regulations, on behalf of Timor - Leste is required to issue a warrant ordering a person specified in the warrant to hold the accused in custody for a period or periods the magistrate considers necessary to facilitate the transport of the accused in custody; and
(iv) the Attorney - General may, on application on behalf of Timor - Leste , authorise, in writing, a magistrate to issue a warrant ordering a person specified in the warrant to hold the accused in custody for a further specified period in order to facilitate the transport of the accused in custody; and
(v) the Attorney - General may at any time direct a person having custody of the accused under this paragraph to release the accused; and
(vi) the total period of custody under subparagraphs ( i) and (iii) must not exceed 96 hours.
(2) A police officer may, without warrant, arrest a person if the officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the person has escaped from custody authorised by subsection ( 1).
(3) A person arrested under subsection ( 2) must be returned to custody.
(4) For the purposes of this section, a place at which an aircraft or ship begins its journey or voyage is to be treated as a place at which the aircraft has landed, or the ship has called, as the case requires.