Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The chairperson may end the protection of a protected witness if--
(a) the chairperson is satisfied--
(i) the protected witness has committed an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or a State that is punishable by at least 1 year's imprisonment; or
(ii) the protected witness has contravened a termination condition without reasonable excuse and the contravention is significant; or
(iii) the protected witness has withdrawn his or her help mentioned in section 6(1)(a)(i); or
(b) the chairperson considers it is no longer appropriate for the protected witness to be included in the program, including, for example, because--
(i) the integrity of the program or other witness protection activities of the commission are threatened because of something the protected witness has done or intends to do; or
(ii) the protected witness can not be properly protected under the program because of something the protected witness has done or intends to do.
(2) Before ending the protection, the chairperson must take the steps the chairperson considers are reasonably necessary--
(a) to inform the protected witness--
(i) why it is proposed to end the protection; and
(ii) when the protection will end; and
(b) to give the person a reasonable opportunity to state why the protection should not end.
(3) After considering any response, the chairperson may end the protection on the date stated under subsection (2)(a)(ii) or decide not to end the protection.
(4) If--
(a) the chairperson ends the protection; and
(b) the person acknowledges that the protection has ended; and
(c) immediately before the protection ended, the person was receiving financial help under the protection agreement made for the person;
the chairperson may, continue to provide financial help to the person for the time the chairperson considers appropriate.