New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1995 - SECT 19

19 Effect of entries made under this Act in register of births, deaths or marriages

(1) An entry made under this Act in a register of births, deaths or marriages has effect as if it were a valid entry made under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 .

(1A) An applicant may apply to the Supreme Court for an order directing the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages to cancel an entry made under this Act in a register of births, deaths or marriages.

(2) An entry made under this Act in a register of births, deaths or marriages can only be cancelled by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages if the Supreme Court, after being satisfied that the witness is no longer included in the relevant witness protection program, has made a court order referred to in subsection (1A).

(3) In this section--

"applicant" means--

(a) the Commissioner of Police, or

(b) the designated authority for a complementary witness protection law.