Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01279:clause:2_34za
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C01279
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 34ZA
Character Range: 65820–66937

34ZA  Requests for search warrants

 (1) If:
 (a) a criminal proceeding or criminal investigation has commenced in a foreign country in respect of a foreign serious offence; and
 (b) proceeds or an instrument of the offence, or 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 search warrant relating to the proceeds, instrument or document;
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 search warrant under the Proceeds of Crime Act in relation to the proceeds, instrument or document.

 (2) The State or Territory specified must be a State or Territory in which:
 (a) the proceeds, or some or all of the proceeds, are reasonably suspected of being located; or
 (b) the instrument is, or some or all of the instruments are, reasonably suspected of being located; or
 (c) the document is, or some or all of the documents are, reasonably suspected of being located.