WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1996 (NO. 65 OF 1996) - SECT 4 4. (1) The Chief Police Officer may make arrangements with the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police for the provision of services under the witness protection program for the taking of such action as the Chief Police Officer thinks necessary and reasonable to protect the safety and welfare of a witness.

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WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1996 (NO. 65 OF 1996) - SECT 4

4. (1) The Chief Police Officer may make arrangements with the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police for the provision of services under the witness protection program for the taking of such action as the Chief Police Officer thinks necessary and reasonable to protect the safety and welfare of a witness.

(2) The action that may be taken under subsection (1) includes—

(a) making arrangements necessary—

(i) to allow the witness to establish a new identity; or

(ii) otherwise to protect the witness;

(b) relocating the witness;

(d) providing transport for the property of the witness;

(e) providing reasonable financial assistance to the witness;

(f) permitting persons involved in the administration of the witness protection program to use assumed names in carrying out their duties and to have documentation supporting those assumed names;

(g) doing any other thing permitted under the witness protection program to ensure the safety of the witness; or

(h) doing things as a result of functions conferred on the Chief Police Officer under a complementary witness protection law.

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