Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 3A(1) amended by No. 43/2014 s. 7.
(1) The Chief Commissioner, through the establishment and maintenance of a Victorian witness protection program, may take such action as he or she thinks necessary and reasonable to protect the safety and welfare of a witness or a member of the family of a witness.
(2) That action may include—
(a) applying for any document necessary—
(i) to allow the witness or family member to establish a new identity; or
(ii) otherwise to protect the witness or family member;
(b) relocating the witness or family member;
(c) providing accommodation for the witness or family member;
(d) providing transport for the property of the witness or family member;
S. 3A(2)(e) amended by No. 43/2014 s. 7.
(e) doing any other things that the Chief Commissioner considers necessary to ensure the safety of the witness or family member.
S. 3A(3) amended by No. 43/2014 s. 7.
(3) The Chief Commissioner must not obtain documentation for a witness or family member that represents that the witness or family member—
(a) has a qualification that he or she does not have; or
(b) is entitled to a benefit that he or she is not entitled to.
S.
3B
inserted by No. 58/1996 s. 5.