Clause 16

Where an authorised officer is authorised by any regulations made under this Act to apply to a court for a production order under this Act in respect of a foreign drug trafficking offence or a foreign serious offence, as the case may be, the authorised officer may apply for the order accordingly.(2) This Division (with the exception of sections 26A and 26B) shall apply, with such modifications as may be prescribed in the regulations, to the application and to any production order made as a result of the application as if a reference in this Division to drug trafficking or criminal conduct were a reference to the foreign drug trafficking offence or foreign serious offence.(3) Where an authorised officer takes possession of any material under a production order made in respect of a foreign drug trafficking offence or a foreign serious offence, as the case may be, the authorised officer may retain the material for a period of one month pending a written direction from the Attorney-General as to the manner in which the material is to be dealt with (which may include a direction that the material be sent to the foreign authority that requested the obtaining of the production order).(4) This section shall not apply to any material in the possession of a financial institution.”.