Queensland Consolidated Acts

WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 2000 - SECT 43

43 Providing information to approved authorities

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person has been given a new identity or relocated under this Act; and

(b) any of the following entities notifies the chairperson that the person is under investigation for, has been arrested for, or has been charged with, a serious offence—

(i) an approved authority;

(ii) the commissioner of the police service;

(iii) the senior executive officer (crime) under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 .

(2) The chairperson may do any 1 or more of the following things—

(a) release to the entity notifying the chairperson under subsection (1) (b) (
"notifying entity" ) the person’s new identity or location;

(b) provide the notifying entity with the person’s criminal history and fingerprints;

(c) if the chairperson considers it appropriate in the circumstances—

(i) release to the notifying entity information relating to the person; or

(ii) allow officers of the notifying entity to interview witness protection officers in relation to the protected witness.

(3) In this section—

"serious offence" means an offence against a law of Queensland, the Commonwealth, or another State, that is punishable by at least 1 year’s imprisonment.