20 Provision of information to approved authorities

If: (a) a participant has been provided with a new identity or has been relocated under the NWPP; and

(b) an approved authority or a member notifies the Commissioner that the participant is under investigation for, or has been arrested for or charged with, an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory the maximum penalty for which is or includes imprisonment for a period of more than one year;

the Commissioner may:
(c) release to the approved authority or the member the current NWPP identity or current location of the participant; and

(d) provide the approved authority or the member with the criminal record of the participant and the participant’s fingerprints; and

(e) release to the approved authority or the member such other information relating to the NWPP as the Commissioner considers appropriate in the circumstances; and

(f) if the Commissioner considers it appropriate to do so in the circumstances—allow officers of the approved authority or the member to interview the Commissioner, a Deputy Commissioner, AFP employees or special members of the Australian Federal Police in relation to the participant.