Cross-border Justice Act 2008

This section applies to a person who —

is suspected of having committed an offence under the law of a participating jurisdiction; or

is alleged to have committed an offence under the law of a participating jurisdiction; or

has been found guilty of an offence under the law of a participating jurisdiction.

The person has a connection with a cross‑border region if —

the offence is suspected of having been committed, or is alleged or was found to have been committed, in the region; or

at the time of the person’s arrest for the offence —

the person is or was in the region; or

the person ordinarily resides or resided in the region;

at the time at which the offence is suspected of having been committed, or is alleged or was found to have been committed, the person ordinarily resides or resided in the region.

For the purposes of a proceeding of a prescribed court of a participating jurisdiction in respect of the offence, the person also has a connection with a cross‑border region if —

at the time at which the proceeding is heard, the person ordinarily resides in the region; or

the proceeding is heard with another proceeding of the court that is a cross‑border proceeding for the purposes of which the person has a connection with the region.

if the jurisdiction is the State — The Criminal Code section 12 applies; or

if the jurisdiction is South Australia — the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (South Australia) section 5G applies; or

if the jurisdiction is the Northern Territory — the Criminal Code (Northern Territory) section 15 applies.