Witness Protection Act 1996

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Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
5 January 2026	HTML PDF Word	R10	5 January 2026	Republication for amendments by A2025-29

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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The following table lists 11 point in time versions. You can skip this and jump to the next tab.
Effective	Files/Formats	Version	Published	Notes
5 January 2026	HTML PDF Word	R10	5 January 2026	Republication for amendments by A2025-29
7 November 2013 - 4 January 2026	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)

For section-by-section amendment annotations, see the amendment history in the endnotes in the current version of this law.

Year and number	Amending law	Amending provision	Commencement date
A2013-39	Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013	sch 2 pt 2.25	7 November 2013
A2012-40	Civil Unions Act 2012	sch 3 pt 3.27	11 September 2012
A2008-44	Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2008	sch 1 pt 1.14	30 May 2009
A2008-28	Statute Law Amendment Act 2008	sch 3 pt 3.61	26 August 2008
A2008-14	Civil Partnerships Act 2008	sch 1 pt 1.26	19 May 2008
A2006-42	Statute Law Amendment Act 2006	sch 3 pt 3.26	16 November 2006
A2006-22	Civil Unions Act 2006	sch 1 pt 1.30	never commenced
A2003-58	Australian Crime Commission (ACT) Act 2003	sch 1 pt 1.5	17 June 2004
A2001-44	Legislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001	pt 417	12 September 2001
A1997-113	Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997	sch	24 June 1998
A1997-96	Legal Practitioners (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	sch 1	1 June 1998
A2025-29	Statute Law Amendment Act 2025	sch 4 pt 4.193	5 January 2026