(1) This section applies if:
(a) the ICC requests assistance for the provision of records or documents, including official records or official documents; and
(b) the Attorney - General is satisfied that:
(i) the request relates to an investigation being conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding before the ICC; and
(ii) the records or documents are or may be in Australia .
(2) The Attorney - General is to execute the request by authorising, in writing, the provision of the records or documents.
(3) If the Attorney - General authorises the provision of records or documents, an appropriate authority is to:
(a) locate and make available the records or documents; and
(b) make such report on his or her efforts as he or she considers to be appropriate in the circumstances; and
(c) send to the Attorney - General the report and any of the records or documents that are located.
(4) This section does not give to any person power to require the production of a record or document.