Statutory Rules 1994 No. 3341
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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Service of Documents) Regulations
I, THE ADMINISTRATOR of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987.
Dated 4 October 1994.
P. BENNETT
Administrator
By His Excellency’s Command,
M. LAVARCH
Attorney-General
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Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Service of Documents) Regulations.
[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
“the Act” means the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987.
Application of the Act
3. (1) The Act applies in relation to each foreign country specified in the Schedule, subject to the limitations or exceptions stated in subregulations (2) and (3).
(2) Parts II, III, IV, V, VI and VIA of the Act do not apply in relation to any foreign country specified in the Schedule.
(3) The Act applies in relation to each foreign country specified in the Schedule only in relation to the service of documents under, or in accordance with, the Act.
Effect of Schedule
4. The inclusion in the Schedule of a reference to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) is not taken to imply recognition of that entity by Australia.
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SCHEDULE Regulation 3
COUNTRIES TO WHICH PARTS I, VII AND VIII OF
THE ACT APPLY
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Albania
Bolivia
Algeria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Angola
Botswana
Antigua and Barbuda
Brazil
Armenia
Brunei Darussalam
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Bahamas
Burkina Faso
Bahrain
Burundi
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Barbados
Cameroon
Belarus
Cape Verde
Belgium
Central African Republic
Belize
Chad
Benin
Chile
China
Gambia
Colombia
Georgia
Comoros
Ghana
Congo
Greece
Costa Rica
Grenada
Côte d’Ivoire
Guatemala
Croatia
Guinea
Cuba
Guinea-Bissau
Cyprus
Guyana
Czech Republic
Haiti
Denmark
Holy See
Djibouti
Honduras
Dominica
Hungary
Dominican Republic
Iceland
Ecuador
India
Egypt
Indonesia
El Salvador
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Equatorial Guinea
Iraq
Estonia
Ireland
Ethiopia
Israel
Fiji
Jamaica
Gabon
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Mauritius
Kenya
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Kiribati
Moldova (Republic of)
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
Monaco
Kuwait
Mongolia
Kyrgyzstan
Morocco
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Mozambique
Latvia
Myanmar
Lebanon
Namibia
Lesotho
Nauru
Liberia
Nepal
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Nicaragua
Liechtenstein
Niger
Lithuania
Nigeria
Madagascar
Norway
Malawi
Oman
Malaysia
Pakistan
Maldives
Panama
Mali
Paraguay
Malta
Peru
Marshall Islands
Poland
Mauritania
Qatar
Romania
Sweden
Russian Federation
Syrian Arab Republic
Rwanda
Tajikistan
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Thailand
Saint Lucia
Togo
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Tonga
San Marino
Trinidad and Tobago
Sao Tome and Principe
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Senegal
Turkmenistan
Seychelles
Tuvalu
Sierra Leone
Uganda
Slovakia
Ukraine
Slovenia
United Arab Emirates
Solomon Islands
United Republic of Tanzania
Somalia
Uruguay
South Africa
Uzbekistan
Sri Lanka
Venezuela
Sudan
Viet Nam
Suriname
Western Samoa
Swaziland
Yemen
Yugoslavia (Serbia and
Montenegro), Federal Republic of
Zambia
Zaire
Zimbabwe
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NOTE
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 October 1994.