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original documents and materials are certified for the purposes of this Treaty if a judge, magistrate, or other competent authority of the State sending the copy certifies that it is a true and correct copy of the original document or material.

Article 20

Representation and expenses

 1. Unless otherwise provided in this Treaty the Requested State shall make all necessary arrangements for the representation of the Requesting State in any proceedings arising out of a request for assistance and shall otherwise represent the interests of the Requesting State.

 2. The Requested State shall meet the cost of fulfilling the request for assistance except that the Requesting State shall bear:
         (a) the expenses associated with conveying any person to or from the territory of the Requested State, any fees, allowances or expenses payable to that person while in the Requesting State pursuant to a request under Articles 9, 13 or 14 and the expenses associated with the holding of a person in custody in the Requesting State pursuant to Article 13.
         (b) the expenses associated with conveying custodial or escorting officers; and
         (c) where required by the Requested State, exceptional expenses in fulfilling the request.

Article 21

Consultation

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

Article 22

Entry into force and termination

 1. This Treaty shall enter into force thirty days after the date on which the Contracting Parties have notified each other in writing that their respective requirements for the entry into force of this Treaty have been complied with.

 2. This Treaty shall apply to requests whether or not the relevant acts or omissions occurred prior to the Treaty entering into force.

 3. Either Contracting Party may terminate this Treaty by notice in writing at any time and it shall cease to be in force on the one hundred and eightieth day after the day on which notice is given.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed this Treaty.

DONE in duplicate at Canberra on the Twenty-fourth day of August, 1994 corresponding to the Seventeenth day of Elul, 5754, in the English and Hebrew languages, both texts being equally authentic.

Michael Lavarch David Libai
For the Government  For the Government of
of Australia the State of Israel

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NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 August 1995.