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WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 2000 (NO. 26 OF 2000) - SECT 19

Termination of protection and assistance
(1)  Protection and assistance provided to a person under the Tasmanian witness protection program must be terminated by the Commissioner of Police if the person requests in writing that it be terminated.
(2)  Protection and assistance provided to a person under the Tasmanian witness protection program may be terminated by the Commissioner of Police if –
(a) the person deliberately breaches a term of the memorandum of understanding or a requirement or undertaking relating to the program; or
(b) the person's conduct or threatened conduct is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, likely to threaten the security or compromise the integrity of the program; or
(c) the circumstances that gave rise to the need for protection and assistance for the person cease to exist –
and the Commissioner is of the opinion that, in the circumstances, the protection and assistance should be terminated.



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