Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The court with which a witness identity protection certificate is filed may make any order it considers necessary or desirable--
(a) to protect the identity of the operative for whom the certificate is given; or
(b) to prevent the disclosure of where the operative lives.
Examples of orders--
an order prohibiting sketching of the operative
an order that the operative give evidence in the absence of the public
(2) A person commits an offence if--
(a) the person knows that, or is reckless as to whether, an order has been made under subsection (1); and
(b) the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly contravenes the order.
Maximum penalty--2 years imprisonment.
(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the court's power to punish for contempt.