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Proceeds of Crime (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2002
34ZARequests for search warrants
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##### 34ZA Requests for search warrants
(1) If:
(a) a criminal proceeding or criminal investigation has commenced in a foreign country in respect of a foreign serious offence; and
(b) proceeds or an instrument of the offence, or a property‑tracking document in relation to the offence, is reasonably suspected of being located in Australia; and
(c) the foreign country requests the Attorney‑General to obtain the issue of a search warrant relating to the proceeds, instrument or document;
the Attorney‑General may authorise an authorised officer of an enforcement agency to apply to a magistrate of a specified State or Territory for a search warrant under the Proceeds of Crime Act in relation to the proceeds, instrument or document.
(2) The State or Territory specified must be a State or Territory in which:
(a) the proceeds, or some or all of the proceeds, are reasonably suspected of being located; or
(b) the instrument is, or some or all of the instruments are, reasonably suspected of being located; or
(c) the document is, or some or all of the documents are, reasonably suspected of being located.