Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Commissioner may make arrangements with an approved authority about any matter in connection with the administration of a complementary witness protection law.
(2) Without limiting the coverage of those arrangements, those arrangements:
(a) may provide for the Commissioner or a member to perform functions or exercise powers conferred by a complementary witness protection law; and
(b) must include procedures under which the authority shares with the Commonwealth the costs incurred in providing those services; and
(c) may provide for the authority to make available to the Commissioner such statements, transcripts of evidence and other documents as will assist the Commissioner in deciding:
(i) whether to include a witness in the NWPP; and
(ii) what protection and assistance is appropriate for a participant; and
(d) may confer powers and functions under complementary witness protection laws on the Commissioner.
(3) The functions of the Commissioner under this Act do not include the provision of services under such an arrangement in relation to a law of a State or Territory unless the provision of those services is authorised to the extent necessary by the State or Territory concerned.