WEAPONS ACT 1990 - SECT 151B Protection of informers

WEAPONS ACT 1990 - SECT 151B

151B Protection of informers

(1) If an informer supplies information to a police officer in relation to the commission of an indictable offence against this Act, the informer’s identity must, at all times, be kept confidential.

(2) A person must not disclose the name of an informer or any other particular that may be likely to lead to the informer’s identification.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.

(3) However, a person does not contravene subsection (2) if—

(a) the informer consents to the information being disclosed; or

(b) the disclosure was made in good faith for the protection of the informer’s interests; or

(c) a court orders the disclosure after being satisfied that—

(i) disclosing the information is not likely to jeopardise the informer’s safety; and

(ii) the disclosure is in the public interest.