26Transitional provision

26 Transitional provision (1) A person who has entered a memorandum of understanding with the Chief Commissioner of Police that is in force immediately before the commencement of section 11 of the **Witness Protection (Amendment) Act 1996** is taken to be a witness included on the Victorian witness protection program and the memorandum of understanding continues to have effect after that commencement according to its tenor. S. 26(2) inserted by No. 52/2003 s. 52(Sch. 1 item 14(4)). (2) Arrangements that were in force between the Chief Commissioner of Police and the Chair of the National Crime Authority under section 21 immediately before 1 January 2003 continue in force for the purposes of this Act as if they were arrangements made by the Chief Commissioner of Police with the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Crime Commission. S. 27 inserted by No. 82/2012 s. 169.