Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Where communications take place between officers of the Attorney
- General's Department, on behalf of Australia, and officers of an
extradition country or New Zealand, on behalf of that country or New Zealand,
in relation to any proceedings or contemplated proceedings for the surrender
of a person, there shall be taken, for the purposes of this Act and any other
Act, to be a relationship of solicitor and client between the officers of
Australia and the officers of the extradition country or New Zealand in
relation to those communications.