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Witness Protection Act 1991
9QWitness to disclose certain matters
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9Q Witness to disclose certain matters
(1) A witness who wishes to be provided with alternative protection arrangements must give to the Chief Commissioner—
(a) any information required by the Chief Commissioner to decide whether alternative protection arrangements should be provided to the witness; and
**Example**
Any information referred to in section 4(2) that has not already been provided to the Chief Commissioner.
(b) copies of any documents in the possession or control of the witness relating to that information.
(2) For the purposes of assessing whether alternative protection arrangements should be provided to a witness, the Chief Commissioner may—
(a) require the witness to undergo medical tests or examinations or psychological or psychiatric examinations and to make the results available to the Chief Commissioner; or
(b) make any other inquiries and investigations that the Chief Commissioner considers necessary.
S. 9R inserted by No. 34/2016 s. 12.