Witness Protection Act 2000

Protection and assistance provided to a person under the Tasmanian witness protection program must be terminated by the Commissioner of Police if the person requests in writing that it be terminated.

Protection and assistance provided to a person under the Tasmanian witness protection program may be terminated by the Commissioner of Police if – the person deliberately breaches a term of the memorandum of understanding or a requirement or undertaking relating to the program; or the person's conduct or threatened conduct is, in the opinion of the Commissioner, likely to threaten the security or compromise the integrity of the program; or the circumstances that gave rise to the need for protection and assistance for the person cease to exist – and the Commissioner is of the opinion that, in the circumstances, the protection and assistance should be terminated.