116Other protections

116 Other protections

(1) A person who gives an answer or information, or produces a document or thing, as required by a direction to produce, a notice to produce, or at a hearing, has the same protection as a witness in proceedings in the High Court. (2) The Commissioner may make such arrangements as are necessary to do the following: (a) to prevent prejudice to the safety of a person because the person or another person: (i) has, or is to, respond to a notice to produce; or (ii) has been, or is to be, a witness at a hearing; (b) to protect a person from intimidation or harassment because the person or another person: (i) has, or is to, respond to a notice to produce; or (ii) has been, or is to be, a witness at a hearing. (3) The arrangements include arrangements with: (a) the Minister; or (b) the AFP Commissioner; or (c) the head (however described) of the police force of a State or Territory. (4) This section does not limit the Witness Protection Act 1994.