Power of Supreme Court to make order
8 Power of Supreme Court to make order
The Supreme Court may make a witness protection order if satisfied that—
the person named in the application as a witness—
was a witness to or has knowledge of an offence punishable by imprisonment for longer than 12 months and is or has been a witness in a criminal proceeding relating to the offence; or
is a person who, because of his or her relationship to, or association with, a person to whom subparagraph (i) applies may require protection or other assistance under this Act; and
the life or safety of the person may be endangered as a result of the person being a witness; and
a memorandum of understanding in accordance with the Commonwealth Act, section 9 has been entered into between the witness and chief police officer; and
the person is likely to comply with the memorandum of understanding.
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