5Witness protection program

5 Witness protection program

5 Witness protection program

(1) The Commissioner of Police, through the establishment and maintenance of a witness protection program, is to take such action as the Commissioner thinks necessary and reasonable to protect the safety and welfare of a participant.

(2) That action may include the following—

(a) making arrangements necessary—

(i) to allow the participant to establish a new identity, or

(ii) otherwise to protect the participant,

(b) relocating the participant,

(c) providing accommodation for the participant,

(d) providing transport for the property of the participant,

(e) providing reasonable financial assistance to the participant,

(e1) providing to the participant services in the nature of counselling (such as psychological counselling and drug and alcohol counselling) and vocational training services,

(f) (Repealed)

(g) doing any other things that the Commissioner of Police considers necessary to ensure the safety of the participant.

(3) That action may also include doing things as a result of functions conferred on the Commissioner of Police under a complementary witness protection law.

s 5: Am 2002 No 54, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2024 No 89, Sch 1[9] [10].