New Zealand Legislation: Acts

25 Requests to be made to Attorney-General

• (1) Every request by a foreign country for assistance in a criminal matter pursuant to this Part of this Act shall be made—

  • (a) To the Attorney-General; or

  • (b) To a person authorised by the Attorney-General, in writing, to receive requests by foreign countries under this Part of this Act.

  (2) Where a request by a foreign country is made to a person authorised under subsection (1)(b) of this section, the request shall be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have been made to the Attorney-General.

  Compare: Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 (Aust), s 11(1), (3)