Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WITNESS PROTECTION (WESTERN AUSTRALIA) ACT 1996 - SECT 29

29 .         Disclosing information to approved authorities

                If —

            (a)         a participant has been given a new identity (whether by means of a court order or otherwise) or has been relocated under the SWPP; and

            (b)         an approved authority or a police officer notifies the Commissioner that the participant is under investigation for, or has been arrested for, or charged with, an offence against the law of this State, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory the maximum penalty for which is or includes imprisonment for more than 12 months,

                the Commissioner may —

            (c)         disclose to the approved authority or the police officer the new identity or new location of the participant;

            (d)         provide the approved authority with the criminal record of the participant and the prints of the participant’s fingers and palms;

            (e)         disclose to the approved authority or the police officer such other information relating to the SWPP as the Commissioner considers appropriate in the circumstances;

            (f)         if the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so in the circumstances — allow officers of the approved authority or a police officer to interview police officers holding designated positions in relation to the participant.