Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00075:section:29a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00075
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 29A
Character Range: 77457–78446

29A  Past program participants
 (1) This section applies to a person (a past program participant) who:
 (a) was, at some time before the commencement of this Act, included in a program (the past program) operated by the Australian Federal Police for the purpose of witness protection before the commencement of this Act; but
 (b) was not included in the past program immediately before the commencement of this Act.
Note 1: This Act commenced on 18 April 1995.
Note 2: The transitional provision in subsection 29(2) applies to people who were included in the past program immediately before the commencement of this Act.
 (2) For the purposes of this Act:
 (a) a past program participant is taken to be a former participant; and
 (b) an identity provided to a past program participant under the past program is taken to have been provided under the NWPP.
 (3) To avoid doubt, paragraph (2)(a) does not prevent a past program participant from becoming included in the NWPP under this Act.