New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1995 - SECT 4

4 Who is a witness?

(1) For the purposes of this Act, a "witness" is:

(a) a person who has given, or agreed to give, evidence on behalf of the Crown in:

(i) proceedings for an offence, or

(ii) hearings or proceedings before an authority that is declared by the Minister by order published in the Gazette to be an authority to which this paragraph applies, or

(b) a person who has given, or agreed to give, evidence otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (a) in relation to the commission or possible commission of an offence against a law of New South Wales, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory, or

(c) a person who has made a statement to the Commissioner of Police, another member of the Police Service or an approved authority in relation to an offence against a law of New South Wales, the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory, or

(d) a person who, for any other reason, may require protection or other assistance under this Act.

(2) A person is taken to be a "witness" for the purposes of this Act if the person, because of his or her relationship to, or association with, a person to whom subsection (1) applies may require protection or other assistance under this Act.