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

7 What constitutes a request for cooperation
(1) (a) (ii) the identification and whereabouts of a person or the location of items;

Part 4—Other requests by ICC

Division 4—Identifying or locating persons or things
63 Assistance in identifying or locating persons or things
(1) This section applies if:
(a) the ICC requests assistance in locating, or identifying and locating, a person or thing; and
(b) 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 person or thing is or may be in Australia.
(2) The Attorney-General is to execute the request by authorising, in writing, the making of inquiries for the purpose of locating, or identifying and locating, the person or thing.
(3) If the Attorney-General authorises the making of such inquiries, an appropriate authority is to locate, or identify and locate, the person or thing.
(4) The authority is to notify the Attorney-General of the result of the inquiries.
(5) This section does not give to any person a power to enter premises.

Part III—Assistance in relation to search and seizure
15 Requests by foreign countries for search and seizure—action by Attorney General
Where:
(a) a proceeding or investigation relating to a criminal matter involving a serious offence has commenced in a foreign country;
(b) there are reasonable grounds to believe that evidential material relating to the investigation or proceeding is located in Australia; and
(c) the foreign country requests the Attorney General to arrange for the evidential material to be obtained;
the Attorney General may, in his or her discretion, authorise a police officer, in writing, to apply to a Magistrate or eligible Federal Circuit Court Judge for one or more search warrants in respect of the evidential material.
Note: Divisions 2 and 3 of Part VIIA make provision relating to applications for, and the issue and execution of, search warrants requested by foreign countries.

Part VIIA—Search, seizure and powers of arrest
Division 2—Issue of search warrants
38B Application for search warrant
(1) This section applies if a police officer has been authorised under section 15 to apply for a search warrant in respect of evidential material relating to an investigation or proceeding in a foreign country that relates to a criminal matter involving a serious offence.
(2) If the police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the evidential material:
(a) is on any particular premises; or
(b) will, within the applicable period, be on any particular premises;
the police officer may, by an information on oath or affirmation setting out the grounds for that suspicion, apply for a warrant to search those premises for the evidential material.
Note: For applicable period see subsection (4).
(3) If the police officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person:
(a) is in possession of the evidential material; or
(b) will, within the applicable period, be in possession of the evidential material;
the police officer may, by an information on oath or affirmation setting out the grounds for that suspicion, apply for a warrant to search that person for the evidential material.
Note: For applicable period see subsection (4).