Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F1999B00317:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F1999B00317
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law and procedures.

5. Property obtained by the Requested Party in the enforcement of an order to which this Article applies shall remain with that Party, unless otherwise mutually decided by the Parties.

Article 11
Costs

The Requested Party shall bear any costs arising within its territory as a result of action taken upon request of the Requesting Party. Extraordinary costs may be subject to a special arrangement between the Parties.

Article 12
Authentication

1. A document is authenticated for the purposes of this Agreement if:
        (a) it purports to be signed or certified by a judge, magistrate or other officer in or of the State of the Party sending the document; and
        (b) it purports to be authenticated by the oath or affirmation of a witness, or to be sealed with an official seal of the State of the Party sending the document or of a minister of state or department or officer of that Party.

2. Any documents or other material supplied in response to a request for assistance shall, to the extent requested by the Requesting Party, be authenticated in accordance with paragraph 1.

Article 13
Consultation

The Parties shall consult promptly, at the request of either, concerning the interpretation and the application of this Agreement either generally or in relation to a particular case.

Article 14
Territorial application in relation to the United Kingdom

This Agreement shall apply, in relation to the United Kingdom:
        (a) to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland; and
        (b) to any territory for the international relations of which the United Kingdom is responsible and to which this Agreement shall have been extended, subject to any modifications agreed, by agreement between the Parties. Such extension may be terminated by either Party by giving 180 days' written notice to the other through the diplomatic channel.

Article 15
Treaty of 1988

The Treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Australia concerning the Investigation of Drug Trafficking and Confiscation of the Proceeds of Drug Trafficking done at Canberra on the third day of August 1988 ("the Treaty") shall terminate upon the entry into force of this Agreement except in respect of requests under the Treaty which have been made prior to the entry into force of this Agreement.

Article 16
Final provisions

1. Each of the Parties shall notify the other in writing through the diplomatic channel that their respective requirements for the entry into force of the Agreement have been completed. The Agreement shall enter into force 30 days after the later of these notifications.

2. This Agreement shall apply to a request made pursuant to it whether or not the criminal