11Cessation of protection and assistance

#### 11 Cessation of protection and assistance 11 Cessation of protection and assistance > > (1) Protection and assistance provided under the witness protection program to a participant must be terminated by the Commissioner of Police if the participant requests in writing that it be terminated. > > > (2) Protection and assistance provided under the witness protection program may be terminated by the Commissioner of Police if— > > > > > (a) the participant deliberately breaches a term of the memorandum of understanding or a requirement or undertaking relating to the witness protection program, or > > > > > (b) the participant’s conduct or threatened conduct is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, likely to threaten the security or compromise the integrity of the witness protection program, or > > > > > (c) the circumstances that gave rise to the need for protection and assistance for the participant cease to exist, or > > > > > (d) the Commissioner is satisfied— > > > > > > > (i) the participant has been sentenced to full-time detention after the participant’s inclusion in the witness protection program, and > > > > > > > (ii) the sentence limits the Commissioner’s ability to provide adequate protection to the participant, > > > > and the Commissioner is of the opinion that, in the circumstances of the case, the protection and assistance should be terminated. > > > (3) In this section— > > > > full-time detention has the same meaning as in the [Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-092). > > **s 11:** Am 2024 No 89, Sch 1\[15\] \[16\].