Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WITNESS PROTECTION (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1996 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 8 August 2008 of the Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 1996 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 1996	11 of 1996	28 Jun 1996	s. 1 and 2: 28 Jun 1996; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 7 Dec 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 6 Dec 1996 p. 6699)
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 1997 s. 133	57 of 1997	15 Dec 1997	28 Jun 1996 (see s. 2(2))
Acts Repeal and Amendment (Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration) Act 1998 s. 18	40 of 1998	30 Oct 1998	14 Apr 1999 (see s. 2 and Gazette 9 Apr 1999 p. 1433)
Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 s. 62 and Sch. 3 3 cl. 11	48 of 2003	3 Jul 2003	1 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Dec 2003 p. 5723)
Reprint 1: The Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 1996 as at 10 Oct 2003 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003)
Criminal Code Amendment Act 2004 s. 58	4 of 2004	23 Apr 2004	21 May 2004 (see s. 2)
Australian Crime Commission (Western Australia) Act 2004 s. 75	74 of 2004	8 Dec 2004	1 Feb 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7130)
Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006 s. 17	77 of 2006	21 Dec 2006	1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2(1) and Gazette 19 Jan 2007 p. 137)
Police Amendment Act 2008 s. 22 and 23(9)	8 of 2008	31 Mar 2008	s. 22: 1 Apr 2008 (see s. 2(1)); s. 23(9): 21 Jun 2008 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 20 Jun 2008 p. 2706)
Reprint 2: The Witness Protection (Western Australia) Act 1996 as at 8 Aug 2008 (includes amendments listed above)

² Repealed by the Sentencing Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003.

³ The Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 Sch. 3 was renumbered as Sch. 4 by the Corruption and Crime Commission Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 35(12) and the reference to it in s. 62 was amended by the Corruption and Crime Commission Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 s. 35(13).

Defined Terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined Term Provision(s)
annual report 37(2)
approved authority 3(1)
Commissioner 3(1)
Commonwealth Act 3(1)
complementary witness protection law 3(1)
Corruption and Crime Commission 3(1)
court 3(1)
designated position 3(1)
new identity order 19
officer of the Corruption and Crime Commission 3(1)
Parliamentary Commissioner 3(1)
participant 3(1)
person 33(4)
prescribed authority 3(1)
prescribed register 3(1)
sensitive information 32(2)
State Witness Protection Program 3(1)
witness 3(1)
witness protection program 3(1)