Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus) Act 2023 (63 of 2023)

Schedule 9   Witness protection

Part 1   Past program participants

Witness Protection Act 1994

2   After section 29

Insert:

29A Past program participants

(1) This section applies to a person (a past program participant ) who:

(a) was, at some time before the commencement of this Act, included in a program (the past program ) operated by the Australian Federal Police for the purpose of witness protection before the commencement of this Act; but

(b) was not included in the past program immediately before the commencement of this Act.

Note 1: This Act commenced on 18 April 1995.

Note 2: The transitional provision in subsection 29(2) applies to people who were included in the past program immediately before the commencement of this Act.

(2) For the purposes of this Act:

(a) a past program participant is taken to be a former participant; and

(b) an identity provided to a past program participant under the past program is taken to have been provided under the NWPP.

(3) To avoid doubt, paragraph (2)(a) does not prevent a past program participant from becoming included in the NWPP under this Act.