Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a person is to be transported in custody from a foreign country through Australia to another foreign country for the purposes of:
(a) giving evidence in a proceeding; or
(b) giving assistance in relation to an investigation;
relating to a criminal matter in the other foreign country, the person:
(c) may be transported through Australia in the custody of another person; and
(d) if an aircraft or ship by which the person is being transported lands or calls at a place in Australia--shall be kept in such custody as the Attorney - General directs in writing until his or her transportation is continued.
(2) Where a person who is being held in custody pursuant to a direction under paragraph (1)(d) and the person's transportation is not, in the opinion of the Attorney - General, continued within a reasonable time, the Attorney - General may direct that the person be transported in custody to the foreign country from which the person was first transported.