16Termination of protection and assistance

16 Termination of protection and assistance S. 16(1) amended by Nos 43/2014 s. 24(2), 34/2016 s. 19(1). (1) Protection and assistance provided to a person under the Victorian witness protection program or alternative protection arrangements must be terminated by the Chief Commissioner if the person requests in writing that it be terminated. S. 16(2) substituted by No. 43/2014 s. 24(3), amended by No. 34/2016 s. 19(1). (2) Protection and assistance provided to a person under the Victorian witness protection program or alternative protection arrangements may be terminated by the Chief Commissioner if— (a) any of the grounds for termination specified in subsection (3) exist; and (b) the Chief Commissioner is of the opinion that, in the circumstances, the protection and assistance should be terminated. S. 16(3) inserted by No. 43/2014 s. 24(3). (3) The grounds for termination under subsection (2) are that— (a) the person commits an offence against the law of Victoria or elsewhere; or (b) the person deliberately breaches a term of the memorandum of understanding or a requirement or undertaking relating to the program, including an undertaking to give evidence given to this State, the Commonwealth or another State or a Territory; or (c) the Chief Commissioner discovers that the person has knowingly given information to him or her that is false or misleading in a material particular; or S. 16(3)(d) amended by No. 34/2016 s. 19(2). (d) in the case of a person who is a participant in the Victoria witness protection program, the person's conduct or threatened conduct is, in the Chief Commissioner's opinion, likely to threaten the security or compromise the integrity of the program; or (e) the circumstances that gave rise for the need for protection and assistance for the person cease to exist; or (f) the person refuses or fails to sign the memorandum of understanding when required to do so under section 5(5); or (g) there is, in the Chief Commissioner's opinion, no reasonable justification for the person to remain in the program. S. 17 (Heading) inserted by No. 43/2014 s. 25(1). S. 17