Part 2—General provisions relating to requests by the ICC for cooperation

7 What constitutes a request for cooperation
(1)
(a)
(vii) the temporary transfer of prisoners to the ICC;

Part 4—Other requests by ICC

Division 9—Temporary transfer of prisoners to the ICC

74 Prisoners assisting investigation or giving evidence
(1) This section applies if:
(a) the ICC requests assistance in facilitating the temporary transfer of a person to the ICC; and
(b) the person is a prisoner who is in Australia (whether or not in custody); and
(c) the Attorney-General is satisfied that:
(i) the request relates to an investigation being conducted by the Prosecutor or a proceeding before the ICC; and
(ii) the prisoner’s attendance is requested for the purpose of assisting the investigation or giving evidence at the proceeding; and
(iii) the prisoner has consented in writing to assisting the investigation or giving evidence at the proceeding; and
(iv) the prisoner will be returned without delay by the ICC to Australia when the purposes of the transfer have been fulfilled.
(2) If the prisoner is being held in custody, the Attorney-General is to execute the request by:
(a) if the prisoner is a federal prisoner and is not also a State prisoner—directing that the prisoner be released from prison for the purpose of travelling to the ICC to assist the investigation or give evidence at the proceeding; or
(b) if the prisoner is a federal prisoner and also a State prisoner—directing, subject to the obtaining of any approvals required to be obtained from an authority of the relevant State, that the prisoner be released from prison for the purpose of such travel; or
(c) if the prisoner is a State prisoner and is not also a federal prisoner—seeking any approvals required to be obtained from an authority of the relevant State; and, in any case, subject to the giving of any necessary directions or the obtaining of any necessary approvals relevant to release of the prisoner, making arrangements for such travel in the custody of a police officer, or prison officer, appointed by the Attorney-General for the purpose.
(3) If the prisoner, having been released from custody on parole, is not being held in custody, the Attorney-General is to execute the request by:
(a) if the prisoner is a federal prisoner and is not also a State prisoner:
(i) approving the travel of the prisoner to the ICC to assist the investigation or give evidence at the proceeding; and
(ii) obtaining such parole decisions as may be required; or
(b) if the prisoner is a federal prisoner and also a State prisoner—subject to the obtaining of any parole decisions required to be obtained from an authority of the relevant State:
(i) approving the travel of the prisoner to the ICC to assist the investigation or give evidence at the proceeding; and
(ii) obtaining such parole decisions as may be required; or
(c) if the prisoner is a State prisoner and is not also a federal prisoner:
(i) approving the travel of the prisoner to the ICC to assist the investigation or give evidence at the proceeding; and
(ii) seeking such parole decisions under the law of the relevant State as may be required; and, in any case, subject to the obtaining of any necessary parole decisions, making arrangements for the travel of the prisoner to the ICC.
(4) In this section:
parole includes any order or licence to be at large.
parole decision means any approval, authority or permission relating to parole, and includes any variation of parole.

Part 12—Enforcement in Australia of sentences imposed by ICC

Division 2—Transfer to Australia of ICC prisoners

166 Warrants for transfer to Australia
(1) A warrant for the transfer of an ICC prisoner to Australia authorises the transfer of the prisoner to Australia to serve the sentence of imprisonment imposed by the ICC in accordance with the enforcement conditions.
(2) A warrant must:
(a) specify the name and date of birth of the prisoner to be transferred; and
(b) specify the country from which the prisoner is to be transferred; and
(c) state that:
(i) the ICC’s agreement to the enforcement conditions; and
(ii) the written consent of the prisoner or his or her representative to the sentence being served in Australia (if the Attorney-General considers such consent is necessary); and
(iii) the appropriate Ministerial consent to the sentence being served in Australia;
have been obtained.
(3) The warrant is:
(a) to authorise an escort officer to collect the prisoner from a place (whether in Australia or a foreign country) specified in the warrant; and
(b) if the place is in a foreign country—to authorise:
(i) the escort officer to transport the prisoner in custody to Australia for surrender to a person appointed by the Attorney-General to receive the prisoner; and
(ii) if appropriate, the appointed person to escort the prisoner to the prison, or hospital or other place, in Australia where the prisoner is to begin to serve the sentence of imprisonment in accordance with this Part; and
(c) if the place is in Australia—to authorise the escort officer to escort the prisoner to the prison, or hospital or other place, in Australia where the prisoner is to begin to serve the sentence of imprisonment in accordance with this Part; and (d) if the prisoner is to be escorted to a prison—to require the superintendent of the prison to take the prisoner into custody to be dealt with in accordance with this Part; and
(e) if the prisoner is to be escorted to a hospital or other place—
to authorise his or her detention in the hospital or place to be dealt with in accordance with this Part.
Note: An ICC prisoner may be transferred from the prison, hospital or other place in the State in which he or she begins to serve a sentence of imprisonment to another prison, hospital or other place in the State or to a prison, hospital or other place in another State (see paragraphs 172(5)(e), (d) and (h)).
(4) The Attorney-General may give any direction or approval that is necessary to ensure that the warrant is executed in accordance with its terms.

Part 12—Enforcement in Australia of sentences imposed by ICC

Division 3—Enforcement of sentences

175 ICC prisoner may apply to be transferred from Australia to a foreign country
An ICC prisoner serving a sentence in Australia may, at any time, apply to the ICC to be transferred from Australia to complete the service of the sentence in a foreign country.

176 How ICC prisoner is to be transferred
(1) This section applies if an ICC prisoner is to be transferred from Australia to a foreign country to complete the service of his or her sentence.
(2) The Attorney-General may issue a warrant, by writing in the statutory form, for the transfer of the prisoner.
(3) The warrant authorises the transfer of the prisoner from Australia to the foreign country to complete the service of his or her sentence.
(4) The warrant must:
(a) specify the name and date of birth of the prisoner; and
(b) state that the prisoner is to be transferred from Australia to the foreign country to complete the service of his or her sentence; and
(c) authorise an escort officer to collect the prisoner from the prison in which he or she is held in custody, or from the hospital or other place where he or she is detained, and transport the prisoner in custody to the foreign country; and
(d) require the superintendent of the prison, or the person in charge of the hospital or other place, to release the prisoner into the custody of the escort officer.

177 Special rules in certain cases
(1) An ICC prisoner serving a sentence in Australia may:
(a) be extradited to a foreign country in accordance with the Extradition Act 1988 either:
(i) after the completion of, or release from, the sentence; or
(ii) during the sentence, but only for a temporary period; or
(b) be required to remain in Australia in order to serve a sentence that he or she is liable to serve under Australian law.
(2) Despite subsection (1):
(a) a person to whom paragraph (1)(a) applies may not, without the prior agreement of the ICC, be extradited to a foreign country; and
(b) a person to whom paragraph (1)(b) applies may not, without the prior agreement of the ICC, be prosecuted or punished in Australia;
for an offence constituted by an act or omission that occurred before the making of the relevant designation referred to in paragraph 162(1)(c).
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person who:
(a) remains voluntarily in Australia for more than 30 days after the date of completion of, or release from, the sentence imposed by the ICC; or
(b) voluntarily returns to Australia after having left it.

Part IV—Arrangements for persons to give evidence or assist investigations
Division 1—Requests by Australia
16 Requests for removal of certain persons to Australia
(1) Where:
(a) a proceeding relating to a criminal matter has commenced in Australia; and
(b) a person who is in a foreign country:
(i) is a foreign prisoner;
(ii) is capable of giving evidence relevant to the proceeding; and
(iii) has given his or her consent to being removed to Australia for the purpose of giving evidence in the proceeding;
Australia may request the foreign country to authorise the attendance of the person at a hearing in connection with the proceeding.
(2) Where:
(a) an investigation relating to a criminal matter has commenced in Australia; and
(b) a person who is in a foreign country:
(i) is a foreign prisoner;
(ii) is capable of giving assistance in relation to the investigation; and
(iii) has given his or her consent to being removed to Australia for the purposes of giving assistance in relation to the investigation;
Australia may request the foreign country to authorise the removal of the person to Australia for the purpose of giving assistance in relation to the investigation.
(3) If a request is made under subsection (1) or (2), the Attorney General may make arrangements with an appropriate authority of the foreign country for the purposes of:
(a) the removal of the person to Australia;
(b) the custody of the person while in Australia;
(c) the return of the person to the foreign country; and
(d) other relevant matters.

Part IV—Arrangements for persons to give evidence or assist investigations
Division 1—Requests by Australia
18 Custody of certain persons
Where:
(a) a person is to be brought to Australia from a foreign country pursuant to a request under section 16; and
(b) the foreign country requests that the person be kept in custody while he or she is in Australia;
the person shall, while the person is in Australia or travelling to or from Australia pursuant to the request, be kept in such custody as the Attorney General directs in writing.

Part IV—Arrangements for persons to give evidence or assist investigations
Division 2—Requests by foreign countries
26 Requests for giving of evidence at hearings in foreign countries
(1) Where:
(a) a proceeding relating to a criminal matter has commenced in a foreign country;
(b) the foreign country requests the attendance at a hearing in connection with the proceeding of a federal prisoner or a State prisoner who is in Australia (whether or not in custody);
(c) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the prisoner is capable of giving evidence relevant to the proceeding; and
(d) the Attorney General is satisfied that:
(i) the prisoner has consented to giving evidence in the foreign country; and
(ii) the foreign country has given adequate (whether or not unqualified) undertakings in respect of the matters referred to in subsection (3);
the Attorney General may, in his or her discretion:
(e) in a case where the prisoner is being held in custody:
(i) if the prisoner is a federal prisoner and is not also a State prisoner—direct that the prisoner be released from prison for the purpose of travelling to the foreign country to give evidence at the proceeding;
(ii) if the prisoner is a federal prisoner and also a State prisoner—direct, subject to the obtaining of any approvals required to be obtained from an authority of the relevant State, that the prisoner be released from prison for the purpose of travelling to the foreign country to give evidence at the proceeding; and
(iii) in any case, subject to the making or giving of any necessary directions or approvals in relation to the release of the prisoner—make arrangements for the travel of the prisoner to the foreign country in the custody of a police or prison officer appointed by the Attorney General for the purpose; or
(f) in a case where the prisoner, having been released from custody on a parole or other order or licence to be at large, is not being held in custody:
(i) if the prisoner is a federal prisoner and is not also a State prisoner—approve the travel of the prisoner to the foreign country to give evidence at the proceeding and obtain such approvals, authorities, permissions or variations to the parole or other order or licence to be at large as may be required;
(ii) if the prisoner is a federal prisoner and also a State prisoner—subject to the obtaining of any approvals, authorities or permissions required to be obtained from an authority of the relevant State and the making of any necessary variations to the parole or other order or licence to be at large, approve the travel of the prisoner to the foreign country to give evidence at the proceeding and obtain such approvals, authorities, permissions or variations to the parole or other order or licence to be at large made or granted, as the case may be, under a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory as may be required; and
(iii) in any case, subject to the obtaining of any necessary approvals, authorities, permissions or variations of the parole or other order or licence to be at large—make arrangements for the travel of the prisoner to the foreign country.
(2) Where:
(a) a proceeding relating to a criminal matter has commenced in a foreign country;
(b) the foreign country requests the attendance at a hearing in connection with the proceeding of a person (not being a federal prisoner or a State prisoner) who is in Australia;
(c) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person is capable of giving evidence relevant to the proceeding; and
(d) the Attorney General is satisfied that:
(i) the person has consented to giving evidence in the foreign country; and
(ii) the foreign country has given adequate (whether or not unqualified) undertakings in respect of the matters referred to in subsection (3);
the Attorney General may, in his or her discretion, make arrangements for the travel of the person to the foreign country.
(3) The matters in relation to which undertakings are to be given by a foreign country for the purpose of a request that a person give evidence in the foreign country are:
(a) that the person shall not:
(i) be detained, prosecuted or punished for any offence against the law of the foreign country that is alleged to have been committed, or that was committed, before the person’s departure from Australia;
(ii) be subjected to any civil suit in respect of any act or omission of the person that is alleged to have occurred, or that occurred, before the person’s departure from Australia, being a civil suit to which the person could not be subjected if the person were not in the foreign country; or
(iii) be required to give evidence in any proceeding in the foreign country other than the proceeding to which the request relates;
unless:
(iv) the person has left the foreign country; or
(v) the person has had the opportunity of leaving the foreign country and has remained in that country otherwise than for the purpose of giving evidence in the proceeding to which the request relates;
(b) that any evidence given by the person in the proceeding to which the request relates will be inadmissible or otherwise disqualified from use in the prosecution of the person for an offence against a law of the foreign country other than the offence of perjury in relation to the giving of that evidence;
(c) that the person will be returned to Australia in accordance with arrangements agreed by the Attorney General;
(d) in a case where the person is being held in custody in Australia and the Attorney General requests the foreign country to make arrangements for the keeping of the person in custody while the person is in the foreign country:
(i) the making of appropriate arrangements for that purpose;
(ii) that the person will not be released from custody in the foreign country unless the Attorney General notifies an appropriate authority of the foreign country that the person is entitled to be released from custody under Australian law; and
(iii) if the person is released in the foreign country as mentioned in subparagraph (ii)—that the person’s accommodation and expenses pending the completion of the proceeding to which the request relates will be paid for by the foreign country; and
(e) such other matters (if any) as the Attorney General thinks appropriate.