Western Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (COVERT POWERS) ACT 2012 - SECT 88

88 .         Orders to protect operative’s true identity or location

        (1)         The court in which a witness identity protection certificate is filed —

            (a)         must hear the proceeding (including any application relating to the proceeding, such as an application for an order under paragraph (b) or an application under section 86 or 90) in closed court; and

            (b)         may make any order it considers necessary or desirable to protect the true identity of the operative for whom the certificate is given or to prevent the disclosure of where the operative lives.

        (2)         A person must not contravene an order under subsection (1)(b).

        Penalty: imprisonment for 10 years.

        Summary conviction penalty: a fine of $24 000 or imprisonment for 2 years.

        (3)         Subsection (2) does not limit the court’s power to punish for contempt.