Section 13 - Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 - Modified reporting procedures for protected witnesses

13Modified reporting procedures for protected witnesses

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13 Modified reporting procedures for protected witnesses

(1) This section applies to each of the following persons—

(a) any registrable person who is currently a participant in a witness protection program,

(b) any registrable person who has been a participant in a witness protection program but in respect of whom an order under this section is yet to be made,

(c) any registrable person the subject of an order in force under this section declaring that the person is a person to whom this section applies.

(1A) This section (except subsections (3)–(10)) also applies to a registrable person who is receiving protection under a foreign witness protection law specified by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection, or who has the same status as such a person under an order made under a corresponding Act specified by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.

(2) It is sufficient compliance with the requirements of this Part—

(a) if a person to whom this section applies provides information required by the Commissioner of Police, at the times and in the manner authorised by the Commissioner of Police for the purposes of this section, and

(b) if the acknowledgment of the giving of the information is given in a manner approved by the Commissioner of Police, and

(c) if copies of relevant documents, rather than original documents, are provided.

(3) The Commissioner of Police must make an order declaring that a registrable person who is or has been a participant in a witness protection program either is, or is not, a person to whom this section applies—

(a) when the person ceases to be a participant in the program as a consequence of a request under section 11 (1) of the Witness Protection Act 1995, or

(b) when the Commissioner makes a decision under section 11 (2) of the Witness Protection Act 1995 that the protection and assistance given to the person under the program be terminated.

(4) On making such an order, the Commissioner of Police must take reasonable steps to notify the person concerned of the terms of the order.