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TASMANIA
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WITNESS PROTECTION AMENDMENT BILL 2007
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 26A inserted
26A. Arrangements for Commonwealth identity
documents
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WITNESS PROTECTION AMENDMENT BILL 2007
(Brought in by the Minister for Police and Emergency
Management, the Honourable David Edward Llewellyn)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Witness Protection Act 2000
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Witness Protection
Amendment Act 2007.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Witness Protection Act 2000* is
referred to as the Principal Act.
*No. 26 of 2000
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Witness Protection Amendment Act 2007
Act No. of
s. 4
4. Section 26A inserted
After section 26 of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted:
26A. Arrangements for Commonwealth identity
documents
(1) The Minister may enter into an
arrangement with the Minister
responsible for the administration of the
Witness Protection Act 1994 of the
Commonwealth about any matter in
connection with the issue of
Commonwealth identity documents,
within the meaning of that Act, for the
purposes of the Tasmanian witness
protection program.
(2) Without limiting the matters to which an
arrangement under subsection (1) may
relate, an arrangement may relate to
(a) procedures to be adopted for
requesting the issue of
Commonwealth identity
documents for the purposes of the
Tasmanian witness protection
program; and
(b) guidelines for the issue of those
documents and other documents.
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