Witness Protection Act 1996

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
7 November 2013	HTML PDF Word	R9 (RI)	24 February 2014	Reissued because of High Court decision in relation to A2013-39

Legislative instruments under the Act and its subordinate laws

Name	Status	Classifier	Type	Under	Effective	Year and No
Witness Protection (Authorisation of approved authority) 2002 (No 1)	None		Notifiable instruments	s 26	21 June 2002	NI2002-173
Witness Protection Declaration	None		Notifiable instruments	s 3B	5 September 2001	NI2001-317

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
7 November 2013	HTML PDF Word	R9 (RI)	24 February 2014	Reissued because of High Court decision in relation to A2013-39
Never effective	HTML PDF Word	R9	7 November 2013	Republication for amendments by A2013-39 Never effective because of High Court decision in relation to A2013-39 (see reissued republication)
11 September 2012 - 6 November 2013	HTML PDF Word	R8	11 September 2012	Republication for amendments by A2012-40
30 May 2009 - 10 September 2012	HTML PDF Word	R7	30 May 2009	Republication for amendments by A2008-44
26 August 2008 - 29 May 2009	HTML PDF Word	R6	26 August 2008	Republication for amendments by A2008-28
19 May 2008 - 25 August 2008	HTML PDF Word	R5	19 May 2008	Republication for amendments by A2008-14
16 November 2006 - 18 May 2008	HTML PDF Word	R4	16 November 2006	Republication for amendments by A2006-42
17 June 2004 - 15 November 2006	HTML PDF Word	R3	17 June 2004	Republication for amendments by A2003-58
12 September 2001 - 16 June 2004	HTML PDF Word	R2	20 June 2002	Republication for amendments by A2001-44
24 June 1998 - 11 September 2001	HTML PDF Word	R1 (RI)	28 August 2003	Republication for amendments by A1997-96 and A1997-113 Reissued electronic republication of printed version
3 June 1997	HTML PDF Word	As notified	3 December 1996

The bill and explanatory statement for this Act are accessed from Witness Protection Bill 1996.

The Witness Protection Act 1996 was passed by the Legislative Assembly and was notified in the Gazette on 3 December 1996 (Gaz 1996 No S321).

(Parliamentary Counsel)

Date notified	Effective	Files/Formats	Notes
3 December 1996	3 June 1997	HTML PDF Word

Provision	Commencement date	Commencement method
s 1, s 2	3 December 1996	s 2 (1)
remainder	3 June 1997	s 2 (3)