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WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 2000 (NO. 26 OF 2000) - SECT 27

Provision of information to approved authorities
(1)  If –
(a) a person has been provided with a new identity or relocated under this Act; and
(b) an approved authority notifies the Commissioner of Police that the person is under investigation for, or has been arrested for or is charged with, an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or another State the maximum penalty for which is or includes imprisonment for a term of more than one year –
the Commissioner of Police may do any or all of the things in subsection (2) .
(2)  If subsection (1) applies, the Commissioner of Police may do any or all of the following things:
(a) release to the approved authority the person's new identity or location;
(b) provide the approved authority with the person's criminal record and fingerprints;
(c) release to the approved authority such other information relating to the person as the Commissioner considers appropriate in the circumstances;
(d) if the Commissioner considers it appropriate in the circumstances, allow officers of the approved authority to interview members of the police force in relation to the person.



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