EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 21G
Form of witness identity protection certificate
EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 21G
Form of witness identity protection certificate
21G Form of witness identity protection certificate
(1) A witness identity protection certificate for an operative of a law
enforcement agency in relation to a proceeding must be in the approved form
and state all of the following—
(a) if the operative—
(i) is known to a
party to the proceeding or a party’s lawyer by a name other than the
operative’s real name—that name (the
"assumed name" ); or
(ii) is not known to any party to the proceeding or any
party’s lawyer by a name—the operative’s court name for the proceeding;
(b) the period the operative was involved in the investigation to which the
proceeding relates;
(c) the name of the agency;
(d) the date of the
certificate;
(e) a general description of the reasons for giving the
certificate;
(f) whether the operative has been convicted of an offence, in
Queensland or elsewhere, and, if so, particulars of each offence;
(g) whether
a charge against the operative for an offence is outstanding, in Queensland or
elsewhere, and, if so, particulars of each charge;
(i) whether, to
the knowledge of the person giving the certificate, a court has made any
adverse comment about the operative’s credibility and, if so, particulars of
the comment;
(j) whether, to the knowledge of the person giving the
certificate, the operative has made a false representation when the truth was
required and, if so, particulars of the representation;
(k) if there is
anything else known to the person giving the certificate that may be relevant
to the operative’s credibility—particulars of the thing.
(2) A witness
identity protection certificate for an operative must not contain information
that may allow the operative’s identity, or where the operative lives, to be
revealed.
(3) For this section—
(a) a charge against a person for an
offence is
"outstanding" until the charge is finally dealt with in any of the following
ways—