Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 62

62 Who this division applies to

(1) This division applies to a reportable offender who—

(a) is currently a participant in a witness protection program; or

(b) is the subject of an order in force under this division declaring that the person is a person to whom this division applies; or

(c) has been a participant in a witness protection program but in relation to whom an order under this division is not yet in effect.

(2) This division (other than sections 64 to 66 ) also applies to a reportable offender who—

(a) is receiving protection under a foreign witness protection law specified by a regulation for the purposes of this subsection; or

(b) has the same status as a person mentioned in paragraph (a) under an order made under a corresponding Act specified by a regulation for the purposes of this subsection.

(3) In this division—

"witness protection program" has the same meaning as it has in the Witness Protection Act 2000 .

Note—

Section 5 (3) excludes from the definition
"reportable offender" persons receiving protection under foreign witness protection laws prescribed for the purposes of that section or who have the same status as those persons under a corresponding Act that is so prescribed.