Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS ACT 1987 - SECT 15

    Where:

  (a)   a proceeding or investigation relating to a criminal matter involving a serious offence has commenced in a foreign country;

  (b)   there are reasonable grounds to believe that evidential material relating to the investigation or proceeding is located in Australia; and

  (c)   the foreign country requests the Attorney - General to arrange for the evidential material to be obtained;

the Attorney - General may, in his or her discretion, authorise a police officer, in writing, to apply to a Magistrate or eligible Judge for one or more search warrants in respect of the evidential material.

Note:   Divisions   2 and 3 of Part   VIIA make provision relating to applications for, and the issue and execution of, search warrants requested by foreign countries.