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WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1996 (NO. 65 OF 1996) - SECT 3

Interpretation

3. In this Act—“ approved authority” means—

        (a)     the Commissioner of Police;

        (b)     a Commissioner (however designated) of the police force of a State or another Territory;

        (c)     the Chairperson of the National Crime Authority; or

        (d)     an authority or body of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory that—

              (i)     is authorised to conduct inquiries or investigations in relation to conduct that constitutes, or is alleged to constitute, criminal conduct, misconduct or corruption; and

              (ii)     is declared by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette to be an approved authority for the purposes of this Act;

“Chief Police Officer” means the police officer who is responsible for the day-to-day administration and control of police services in the Territory;
“Commonwealth Act” means the Witness Protection Act 1994 of the Commonwealth;
“complementary witness protection law” means a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory that—

        (a)     makes provision for the protection of witnesses; and

        (b)     is declared by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette to be a complementary witness protection law;

“Court” means the Supreme Court;
“designated position” means a position of a police officer that has been declared in writing by the Chief Police Officer to be a designated position for the purposes of this Act;
“participant” means a witness who is included in a witness protection program;
“Register of Births” means the register referred to in section 11 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1963 ;
“Register of Marriages” means the register referred to in section 40 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1963 ;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages;
“witness” means—

        (a)     a person who has given, or agreed to give, evidence on behalf of the Crown in the right of the Territory in—

              (i)     proceedings for an offence; or

              (ii)     hearings or proceedings before an authority that is declared by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette to be an authority to which this paragraph applies;

        (b)     a person who has given, or agreed to give, evidence otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (a) in relation to the commission or possible commission of an offence against a law of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory;

        (c)     a person who has made a statement to the Chief Police Officer, another police officer or an approved authority in relation to an offence against a law of the Territory, the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory;

        (d)     a person who, for any other reason, may require protection or other assistance under this Act; or

        (e)     a person who, because of his or her relationship to, or association with, a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) may require protection or other assistance under the witness protection program;

“witness protection order” means an order of the Supreme Court under Part III;
“witness protection program” means the National Witness Protection Program established under the Commonwealth Act .

Witness protection program


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