WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1996 - SECT 25
WITNESS PROTECTION ACT 1996 - SECT 25
25—Identity of participant not to be disclosed in court proceedings etc
(1) If, in any
proceedings in a court, a tribunal or a Royal Commission or other commission
of inquiry, the identity of a person who is a participant in a
witness protection program is in issue or may be disclosed, the court,
tribunal or commission must, unless it considers that the interests of justice
require otherwise—
(a) hold
that part of the proceedings that relate to the identity of the participant in
private; and
(b) make
such order relating to the suppression of publication of evidence given before
the court, tribunal or commission as, in its opinion, will ensure that the
identity of the participant is not disclosed.
(2) In this
section—
"participant" includes a person who—
(a) was
provided with a new identity under a witness protection program; and
(b) is
no longer a participant but retains that identity.