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Extradition Act 1988
50Solicitor‑client relationship in relation to communications
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#### 50 Solicitor‑client relationship in relation to communications
Where communications take place between officers of the Attorney‑General’s Department, on behalf of Australia, and officers of an extradition country or New Zealand, on behalf of that country or New Zealand, in relation to any proceedings or contemplated proceedings for the surrender of a person, there shall be taken, for the purposes of this Act and any other Act, to be a relationship of solicitor and client between the officers of Australia and the officers of the extradition country or New Zealand in relation to those communications.