17BAgreements relating to enforcement of criminal laws in Area A

##### 17B Agreements relating to enforcement of criminal laws in Area A (1) The regulations may make provision for giving effect to any agreements or arrangements between Australia and East Timor relating to the enforcement of criminal laws applying to acts done in Area A of the Zone of Cooperation. (2) The provisions that may be made include, but are not limited to: (a) provisions relating to the production of documents, the summoning of witnesses and the taking of evidence by authorities of East Timor for use in proceedings in Australia; and (b) provisions relating to: (i) the apprehension and detention in Area A, by authorities of East Timor, of persons accused of offences against criminal laws of Australia applied by subsection 9A(1); and (ii) the transport and surrender, whether in Area A or elsewhere, of such persons to Australian authorities; and (c) provisions relating to: (i) the apprehension and detention in Area A, by Australian authorities, of persons accused of offences against criminal laws in force in East Timor; and (ii) the transport and surrender, whether in Area A or elsewhere, of such persons to authorities of East Timor; and (d) provisions prescribing the practice and procedure of magistrates in the performance of functions under regulations made for the purposes of this section. (3) Provisions referred to in paragraph (2)(b) or (c) may not authorise the detention of a person beyond the time at which it first becomes practicable to surrender the person to an appropriate authority of Australia or East Timor. (4) Where regulations make provision of a kind referred to in paragraph (2) (c), the Extradition Act 1988 does not apply in relation to an offence against a law of a kind referred to in that paragraph.