Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMES (PROTECTION OF WITNESS IDENTITY) ACT 2011 (NO. 46 OF 2011) - SECT 19

    (1)     This section applies if the chief officer of a law enforcement agency gives a witness identity protection certificate for an operative of the agency in a relevant proceeding.

    (2)     The chief officer may, by written notice, allow a person to give information outside the proceeding that reveals, or may reveal, an operative's identity or where the operative lives if the chief officer considers it necessary or appropriate for the information to be given.

    (3)     The notice—

        (a)     must state—

              (i)     the information that may be given; and

              (ii)     who may give the information; and

              (iii)     to whom the information may be given; and

        (b)     may state how the information may be given.

Note     The chief officer may delegate a function under this section (see  s 23).