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WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1991 - SECT 9B

Requirement on participant involved in civil proceedings

    (1)     If a participant is to be involved, under the participant's current identity acquired under this Act, in a civil proceeding in which his or her identity is in issue, the participant must notify the Chief Commissioner of the participant's involvement in the proceeding.

    (2)     After being notified under subsection (1), the Chief Commissioner may take any action he or she considers appropriate in the circumstances.

    (3)     In this section—

S. 9B(3) def. of civil proceeding amended by No. 67/2014 s. 147(Sch.  2 item 45.2).

"civil proceeding" means any proceeding in a court, a tribunal, a Royal Commission or a Board of Inquiry (or in an equivalent body of the Commonwealth or of another State or of a Territory), other than a criminal proceeding, and, to avoid doubt, each of the following is part of a civil proceeding

        (a)     a proceeding on an ex parte application (including an application made before pleadings are filed in a court);

        (b)     the discover, exchange, production, inspection or disclosure of intended evidence, documents and reports of persons intended to be called by a party to give evidence;

        (c)     an appeal proceeding;

        (d)     an interlocutory or other proceeding prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

Pt 2 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 9C9E) inserted by No. 43/2014 s. 16.

Division 2—Interim witness protection

S. 9C inserted by No. 43/2014 s. 16.



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