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International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997
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#### 28 Transfer country’s consent to transfer
(1) The Attorney‑General must, as soon as possible after the matters mentioned in subsection (2) are satisfied for a transfer, notify the transfer country of this and ask it:
(a) whether it consents to the transfer on the terms proposed in writing by the Attorney‑General; and
(b) to advise whether the prisoner, or the prisoner’s representative, consents to the transfer on those terms.
(2) The matters are as follows:
(a) paragraphs 10(a), (e) and (f);
(b) consent in writing, by any applicable State Ministers and Territory Ministers, has been given to transfer on those terms.