Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00270:schedule:1:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00270
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 1 (pt 2/12)
Character Range: 7901–10872

Party shall notify the other of any change to its appointed Central Authority.

       (4) Requests for assistance shall be made through the Central Authority which shall arrange for the prompt carrying out of requests under this Treaty.

  ARTICLE 4
  REFUSAL OF ASSISTANCE

       (1) Assistance shall be refused if:
           (a) the Requested Party is of the opinion that the request, if granted, would prejudice its sovereignty, security, national interest or other essential interests, or would be contrary to the fundamental principles of its domestic laws and international agreements to which it is a party; or
           (b) the request relates to the investigation, prosecution or punishment of a person for an offence where the person:
               (i) has been acquitted or pardoned by a competent tribunal or authority; or
               (ii) has been finally convicted and has served or is serving the sentence imposed in the Requested Party, Requesting Party or elsewhere, in respect of that offence or of another offence constituted by the same act or omission; or
           (c) the request relates to an offence for which the person could no longer be prosecuted by reason of a lapse of time according to the laws of the Requested Party; or
           (d) the request relates to:
               (i) the investigation, prosecution or punishment of a person for an offence where the acts or omissions alleged to constitute that offence would not, had they taken place within the jurisdiction of the Requested Party, have constituted an offence at the time at which the request was received; or
               (ii) the confiscation or restraining of the proceeds and/or an instrument of such an offence; or
           (e) the Requested Party considers that the request relates to:
               (i) the investigation, prosecution or punishment of a person for an offence of a political character; or
               (ii) the confiscation or restraining of the proceeds and/or an instrument of such an offence; or
           (f) the Requested Party considers that the request relates to:
               (i) the investigation, prosecution or punishment of a person for an act or omission which, had it occurred within the jurisdiction of the Requested Party, would have constituted an offence under the military law of the Requested Party but not also an offence under the ordinary criminal law of the Requested Party; or
               (ii) the confiscation or restraining of the proceeds and/or an instrument of such an offence; or
           (g) the Requested Party considers that there are substantial grounds for believing that the request for assistance has been made for the purpose of investigating, prosecuting or punishing a person on account of that person's race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, nationality or political opinions or that that person's position may be prejudiced for any of these reasons; or
           (h) the Requested