Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Commonwealth identity documents must not, after the end of 12 months after the commencement of this Act, be issued for a person who is on a witness protection program being conducted by a State or Territory unless:
(a) an arrangement is in force between the Minister and the relevant State or Territory Minister relating to the issue of Commonwealth identity documents for the purposes of that program; and
(b) a complementary witness protection law is in force in the State or Territory.
(2) Without limiting the matters to which such an arrangement may relate, an arrangement may relate to:
(a) the procedures to be adopted for requesting the issue of Commonwealth identity documents for the purposes of such a program; and
(b) guidelines for the issue of those documents and other documents.