75Monitoring orders in relation to foreign offences

75 Monitoring orders in relation to foreign offences

(1) Where a police officer is authorised, under the Mutual Assistance Act, to apply to a Judge of a court for a monitoring order under this Act in respect of a foreign serious offence, the police officer may apply for the order accordingly and this Division applies to the application and to any order made as a result of the application as if: (a) a reference in this Division to an indictable offence that is a serious offence were a reference to the foreign serious offence; and (b) a reference in this Division to the Supreme Court of a State or Territory were a reference to the court specified in the police officer’s authorisation under the Mutual Assistance Act. (2) Where a law enforcement authority is given information pursuant to a monitoring order made in relation to a foreign serious offence, the authority shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the information, pass the information on to the Minister administering the Mutual Assistance Act or to an officer, of the Department administered by that Minister, specified by that Minister by written notice to the authority.