Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00248:section:6:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00248
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 10087–11948

remanding the suspected offender in custody or on bail.
 (7) If the Attorney‑General declines to grant consent, the court in which the suspected offender has been charged with the offence must permanently stay proceedings on the charge.
 (8) In any proceedings, an apparently genuine document purporting to be a copy of a written consent granted by the Attorney‑General in accordance with this section will be accepted, in the absence of proof to the contrary, as proof of such consent.
 (9) If:
 (a) a person is charged with an offence that arises under this section; but
 (b) there is a country other than Australia whose jurisdiction over the alleged offence is recognised under principles of international law;
it is a defence to prove:
 (c) that no corresponding offence exists under the law of the other country; or
 (d) that such a corresponding offence does exist but a defence to a charge of the corresponding offence could be made out under the law of the other country.
 (10) This section does not apply to an act that takes place in:
 (a) the territorial waters of Norfolk Island (within the meaning of the Territorial Waters Act 1926 of Norfolk Island); or
 (b) the coastal sea (within the meaning of subsection 15B(4) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 of the Commonwealth) of any of the following Territories:
 (i) the Territory of Christmas Island;
 (ii) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;
 (iii) the Australian Antarctic Territory;
 (iv) the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands;
 (v) the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands;
 (vi) the Coral Sea Islands Territory.
 (11) In this section:
criminal act means an act that would, if done in the Jervis Bay Territory, contravene the substantive criminal law of the Jervis Bay Territory.

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