Disclosure of operative’s true identity to presiding officer

Current

(1)

This section applies if a witness identity protection certificate for an operative in relation to a proceeding is filed in a court.

(2)

The presiding officer in the proceeding may require the operative to do one or both of the following —

(a)

to disclose the operative’s true identity to the presiding officer;

(b)

to provide the presiding officer with photographic evidence of that identity.

(3)

The presiding officer must not —

(a)

record information disclosed to the presiding officer under subsection (2); or

(b)

retain or copy a document or other thing provided to the presiding officer under that subsection.

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