Crimes Act 1914

Part IACA - Witness identity protection for operatives  

Division 2 - Witness Identity Protection Certificates for Operatives  

SECTION 15ML   Disclosure of operative's identity to presiding officer  

(1)    
This section applies if a witness identity protection certificate for an operative in relation to a proceeding is filed in a court.

(2)    
The presiding officer in the proceeding may require the operative to do one or both of the following:


(a) to disclose the operative's true identity to the presiding officer;


(b) to provide the presiding officer with photographic evidence of that identity.

(3)    
The presiding officer must not:


(a) record information disclosed to the presiding officer under subsection (2); or


(b) retain or copy a document or other thing provided to the presiding officer under that subsection.


 

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