New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1995 - SECT 4

4 Meaning of "witness"

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a
"witness" is--

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

(i) proceedings for an offence, or

(ia) proceedings relating to an application for a serious crime prevention order under the Crimes (Serious Crime Prevention Orders) Act 2016 , or

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

(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 New South Wales, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory, or

(c) a person who has made a statement to the Commissioner of Police, another member of the NSW Police Force or an approved authority in relation to an offence against a law of New South Wales, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory, or

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

(2) A person is taken to be a
"witness" for the purposes of this Act if the person, because of the person's association with a person to whom subsection (1) applies, may require protection or other assistance under this Act.