Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person or body, that may lawfully disclose investigation material, may lawfully disclose the material to a prosecutor of the witness.
(2) Subsection (1) has effect subject to section 100 (directions about use or disclosure of investigation material), unless subsection (4) applies.
(3) A person or body, that may lawfully disclose derivative material, may lawfully disclose the material to a prosecutor of the witness.
Special rule for certain post - charge disclosure
(4) However, if the disclosure is one of the following, it may only be disclosed under a court order made under subsection 106(1):
(a) a post - charge disclosure of investigation material;
(b) a post - charge disclosure of derivative material that is obtained from post - charge investigation material.
Meaning of prosecutor and prosecuting authority
(5) A prosecutor of a witness is an individual:
(a) who is a prosecuting authority or is employed or engaged by a prosecuting authority; and
(b) who:
(i) makes, or is involved in the making of, a decision whether to prosecute the witness for a relevant offence; or
(ii) is one of the individuals engaging in such a prosecution of the witness.
(6) A prosecuting authority is an individual, or authority, authorised by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory to prosecute an offence.