Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A request by a Tribunal, for assistance that it needs to perform its functions in respect of an investigation or prosecution it is conducting or proposes to conduct, is to be made to the Attorney - General, or a person authorised by the Attorney - General.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the request may be for assistance of one or more of the following types:
(a) arresting and surrendering to the Tribunal a person in relation to whom the Tribunal has issued an arrest warrant;
(b) executing a request for search and seizure;
(c) obtaining evidence, a document or other article;
(d) providing a document or other record;
(e) locating and identifying a witness or suspect;
(f) arranging for a person to give evidence or assist an investigation;
(g) causing the forfeiture of property or the proceeds of crime;
(h) serving documents;
(i) arranging for the Tribunal to sit in Australia.
(3) If a request by a Tribunal is made to, or received by, a person authorised under subsection (1), the request is taken for the purposes of this Act to have been made to, or received by, the Attorney - General.