Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01279:clause:2_34n
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01279
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 34N
Character Range: 56026–57000

34N  Requests for production orders

 (1) If:
 (a) a criminal proceeding or criminal investigation has commenced in a foreign country in respect of a foreign serious offence; and
 (b) a property‑tracking document in relation to the offence is reasonably suspected of being located in Australia; and
 (c) the foreign country requests the Attorney‑General to obtain the issue of a production order requiring that the document be produced or made available for inspection in accordance with Australian law;
the Attorney‑General may authorise an authorised officer of an enforcement agency to apply to a magistrate of a specified State or Territory for a production order under the Proceeds of Crime Act in respect of the offence for the purpose of obtaining possession of the property‑tracking document.

 (2) The State or Territory specified must be a State or Territory in which the document is, or some or all of the documents are, reasonably suspected of being located.