Western Australian Current Acts

CORRUPTION, CRIME AND MISCONDUCT ACT 2003 - SECT 156

156 .         Witness protection arrangements, Commission may make

        (1)         If it appears to the Commission that, because a person —

            (a)         is helping or has helped the Commission in the performance of its functions; or

            (b)         is to attend, is attending, or has attended, before the Commission or an officer of the Commission to give evidence or to produce a document or thing; or

            (c)         proposes to produce, or has produced, a document or thing to the Commission or an officer of the Commission,

                the safety of any person may be prejudiced or any person may be subjected to intimidation or harassment, the Commission may make arrangements to avoid prejudice to the safety of any person, or to protect any person from intimidation or harassment.

        (2)         The Commission may make such arrangements as it thinks fit under subsection (1), including arrangements with —

            (a)         the Minister; and

            (b)         the Commissioner of Police; and

            (c)         the Commissioner (however designated) of the police force of another State or Territory; and

            (d)         the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; and

            (e)         any other person, body or authority the Commission thinks fit.

        (3)         Nothing in this section affects the Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 1996 .

        [Section 156, formerly section 23, renumbered as section 156: No. 78 of 2003 s. 35(1).]

        [Heading inserted: No. 78 of 2003 s. 22.]