Correctional Services Act 2014
130Commissioner may issue foreign legal matters leave permit
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130 Commissioner may issue foreign legal matters leave permit (1) This section applies if, under section 26 or 27 of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 (Cth), the Commonwealth Attorney-General makes arrangements for a prisoner to travel to a foreign country to: (a) give evidence at a proceeding relating to a criminal matter; or (b) give assistance in relation to an investigation relating to a criminal matter. (2) The Commissioner may issue a permit (a foreign legal matters leave permit) to a prisoner that authorises the prisoner to travel to the foreign country for that purpose.