Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS ACT 1995 - SECT 8

  (1)   The request must be in writing and must indicate:

  (a)   who may be, is to be or has been charged with a Tribunal offence as a result of the investigation or prosecution in respect of which the request is made; and

  (b)   the nature of any such charge; and

  (c)   the intended time and place of any hearing of any such charge.

  (2)   The request must also indicate:

  (a)   the nature of the investigation or prosecution in respect of which the request is made; and

  (b)   the International Convention or other legal basis on which the Tribunal relies for conducting the investigation or prosecution; and

  (c)   the nature of the assistance sought; and

  (d)   the procedure (if any) that the Tribunal wants the Attorney - General to follow in complying with the request, including the form in which material must be given to the Tribunal; and

  (e)   the period within which the Tribunal wants the request complied with; and

  (f)   any confidentiality requirements that the Tribunal wants observed; and

  (g)   any other matters that might assist in complying with the request.

  (3)   Failure to comply with subsection   (2) does not invalidate a request.