South Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (COVERT OPERATIONS) ACT 2009 (NO 7 OF 2009) - SECT 36

36—Application and interpretation of Division

        (1)         This Division applies to proceedings in this State in which an operative is, or may be, required to give evidence obtained as an operative.

        (2)         To remove any doubt, this Division does not affect the operation of the common law in relation to the protection of the identity of a person who is not an operative who gives or intends to give evidence in proceedings in this State.

        (3)         In this Division—

"witness identity protection certificate" means—

            (a)         a witness identity protection certificate given in respect of a local operative; or

            (b)         an interstate witness identity protection certificate,

as the case requires.