Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where a person is surrendered by a country to Australia pursuant to an undertaking by the Attorney - General of Australia in relation to:
(a) the trial of the person in Australia in respect of a particular offence or offences;
(b) the return of the person to the country; and
(c) the custody of the person while travelling to and from, and while in, Australia;
the following provisions have effect:
(d) the person shall, while travelling to and from, and while in, Australia pursuant to the undertaking, be kept in such custody as the Attorney - General orders in writing;
(e) the person shall not be tried in Australia in respect of any offence or offences other than an offence mentioned in paragraph ( a);
(f) the person shall not, under any law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, be subject to any detention that would prevent the person being returned to the country pursuant to the undertaking.
(2) Where:
(a) a person is held in custody in accordance with an order of the Attorney - General under paragraph ( 1)(d); and
(b) the country that surrendered the person requests the release of the person from custody;
the Attorney - General shall order that the person be released from custody.
(3) If the undertaking mentioned in subsection ( 1) is given in writing, the undertaking is not a legislative instrument.
(4) An order made under paragraph ( 1)(d) is not a legislative instrument.
(5) If an order under subsection ( 2) is made in writing, the order is not a legislative instrument.