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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registration of information - Creation of records for security-related purposes - Requests for new identity information

75: Minister of Police may request new identity information for certain witnesses and undercover Police officers

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"Police can get new identities to keep witnesses and undercover officers safe"

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The Minister of Police can ask for new identity information to be created. This is to protect you if you are a witness in a court case, or if you are an undercover Police officer. You might also need protection if someone you are related to is a witness in a court case. The Minister of Police can make this request in writing to another Minister. This request is to keep you safe. You are considered an undercover Police officer if you work for the Police and your identity is hidden for an investigation. The Police Commissioner must approve this investigation. This means the Police Commissioner says it is okay to hide your identity. You might be a Police employee or work for a similar agency in another country.

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Part 2Registration of information
Creation of records for security-related purposes: Requests for new identity information

75Minister of Police may request new identity information for certain witnesses and undercover Police officers

  1. The Minister of Police may make a written request to the Minister to create new identity information for the purpose of protecting a person who—

  2. is, has been, or will be a witness in any proceeding; or
    1. is, has been, or will be an undercover Police officer; or
      1. needs protection because of the person’s relationship to someone who is, has been, or will be a witness in any proceeding.

        1. In this section, undercover Police officer means a person who is a Police employee or a member of a corresponding overseas law enforcement agency and whose identity is concealed for the purpose of an undercover investigation approved by the Commissioner of Police.

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        • s 65(1)(a), (5)