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Witness Protection Act 1994
29APast program participants
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#### 29A Past program participants
(1) This section applies to a person (a past program participant) who:
(a) was, at some time before the commencement of this Act, included in a program (the past program) operated by the Australian Federal Police for the purpose of witness protection before the commencement of this Act; but
(b) was not included in the past program immediately before the commencement of this Act.
> Note 1: This Act commenced on 18 April 1995.
> Note 2: The transitional provision in subsection 29(2) applies to people who were included in the past program immediately before the commencement of this Act.
(2) For the purposes of this Act:
(a) a past program participant is taken to be a former participant; and
(b) an identity provided to a past program participant under the past program is taken to have been provided under the NWPP.
(3) To avoid doubt, paragraph (2)(a) does not prevent a past program participant from becoming included in the NWPP under this Act.