Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Attorney - General need not take any steps for making:
(a) a decision on an application under section 16 (about transfers from Australia) for the transfer of a prisoner; or
(b) a decision under section 24 (about transfers to Australia) about a request for the transfer of a prisoner;
if any of the following requirements for the transfer are not met:
(c) paragraph 10(a), (c), (e) or (f);
(d) paragraph 10(b), to the extent that it requires the agreement of the transfer country to the transfer;
(e) paragraph 10(d), to the extent that it requires the consent of State Ministers or Territory Ministers to the transfer.
Note: The prisoner will be kept informed about the progress of the application or request (see section 52).
(2) The Attorney - General need not take any steps for making a decision referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) for the transfer of a prisoner if:
(a) the prisoner had made an earlier application or request; and
(b) the Attorney - General received the current application or request less than 12 months after the later of either:
(i) the day the prisoner was informed under section 52 that the earlier application or request did not meet one or more of the requirements in section 10;
(ii) the day the prisoner informed the Attorney - General that the prisoner was withdrawing the earlier application or request.
(3) Parts 3 and 4 have effect subject to this section.