International Transfer of Prisoners (Military Commission of the United States of America) Regulations 2007 (Cth)

International Transfer of Prisoners (Military Commission of the United States of America) Regulations 20071

Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 79

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997. Dated 29 March 2007

P. M. JEFFERY Governor‑General By His Excellency's Command

PHILIP RUDDOCK Attorney‑General

1 Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the International Transfer of Prisoners (Military Commission of the United States of America) Regulations 2007.

2 Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Definition

In these Regulations: Act means the International Transfer of Prisoners Act 1997.

4 Application of the Act

For section 8 of the Act, the Act applies to the United States of America for the transfer to Australia of a prisoner: (a) serving a sentence of imprisonment ordered by a military commission established under chapter 47A of title 10 of the United States Code; and (b) subject to the arrangement set out in Schedule 1.

Note For the declaration of the United States of America as a transfer country, see the International Transfer of Prisoners (Transfer of Sentenced Persons Convention) Regulations 2002. Schedule 1 Arrangement (regulation 4)

Arrangement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America on the Transfer of Prisoners Sentenced by United States Military Commissions Established Pursuant to the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the United States Code and on Co‑operation in the Enforcement of Sentences Imposed by those Military Commissions.

The Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America;