(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act concerning particular requests, the relevant international instrument concerned has effect in the State in relation to -
(a) the form of the requests and the information they are to provide,
(b) the action that may be taken where a request does not comply with the provisions of the instrument or where the information provided is not sufficient to enable the request to be dealt with,
(c) any restrictions in the instrument in relation to the refusal of particular requests,
(d) any requirements in the instrument relating to the protection, disclosure, use or transmission of information or evidence received under it,
(e) the formalities and procedures in dealing with requests, unless those formalities and procedures are contrary to the fundamental principles of the law of the State, and
(f) the transmission and mode of transmission of requests, including, where so provided for in the instrument, transmissions via the International Criminal Police O
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