Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 27

             (1)  If:

                     (a)  a participant is provided with a new identity under the NWPP; and

                     (b)  the person, whether or not he or she remains a participant, retains that identity; and

                     (c)  the person is to be a witness in a criminal proceeding under that identity; and

                     (d)  the person has a criminal record under his or her former identity;

the person must notify the Commissioner that the person is to be a witness in the proceeding.

             (2)  After being notified under subsection (1), the Commissioner may take any action he or she considers appropriate in the circumstances, including disclosing to the court, the prosecutor and the accused person or the accused person's legal representative the criminal record of the participant or former participant.