Commonwealth legislation

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Swiss Confederation) Regulations

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

385 of 1988

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

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This regulation extends Australia's Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 to cover Switzerland (the Swiss Confederation).

What this means:

Australian and Swiss police, prosecutors and courts can officially help each other with criminal investigations and court cases
Authorities can share evidence, locate witnesses, serve legal documents, or seize assets across international borders
It creates the legal machinery for both countries to cooperate when investigating crimes that span both jurisdictions

Who it affects:

Mainly law enforcement agencies (AFP, Commonwealth prosecutors, Attorney-General's Department) who request or provide assistance to Swiss authorities
Defendants in criminal cases may have evidence gathered from Switzerland used in Australian courts, and vice versa

This is a short technical regulation that simply "switches on" the main Act for Switzerland, implementing Australia's treaty obligations for international crime-fighting cooperation.

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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Swiss Confederation) Regulations

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 3851

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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters

(Swiss Confederation) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987.

Dated 15 December 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

LIONEL BOWEN

Attorney-General

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Swiss Confederation) Regulations.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

“the Act” means the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987.

Application

3. The Act applies to the Swiss Confederation.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 December 1988.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Swiss Confederation) Regulations