New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1995 - SECT 38

38 Provision of information to approved authorities

(1) If:

(a) a witness has been provided with a new identity or relocated under this Act, and

(b) an approved authority notifies the Commissioner of Police that the witness is under investigation for, or has been arrested for or is charged with, an offence against a law of New South Wales, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory, the maximum penalty for which is or includes imprisonment for a period of more than one year,

the Commissioner of Police may do any one or more of the things in subsection (2).

(2) If subsection (1) applies, the Commissioner of Police may:

(a) release to the approved authority the new identity or location of the witness,

(b) provide the approved authority with the criminal record and the fingerprints of the witness,

(c) release to the approved authority such other information relating to the witness as the Commissioner of Police considers appropriate in the circumstances,

(d) if the Commissioner of Police considers it appropriate in the circumstances, allow officers of the approved authority to interview members of the Police Service in relation to the witness.