s.9Constitution, functions and powers of Justice Protection Investigative Agency
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Section 9Part 4 — Justice Protection Investigative and Protective Agency

Constitution, functions and powers of Justice Protection Investigative Agency

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The Justice Protection and Investigative Agency shall be comprised of —
the Commissioner; and
such other persons holding office in the Police Service as the Commissioner, may consider necessary to provide services to the JPIP Agency.
In relation to the possible inclusion of a prospective participant in the Programme, the JPIP Agency —
shall conduct investigations and submit to the Centre, the application referred to in section 8(a), which shall be accompanied by the following documents prepared by the JPIP Agency —
an assessment of that application;
a threat assessment including a prison report where the prospective participant is in prison; and
a risk assessment;
shall provide protection for the prospective participant in the period prior to the determination referred to in section 4(4); and
may, in a case of an emergency, apply to the Centre for provisional entry into the Programme by the prospective participant prior to the determination referred to in paragraph (b).
For the purposes of this Law, the JPIP Agency shall —
prepare and submit a report to the Centre on the suitability of a prospective participant for entry into the Programme and for that purpose —
shall interview a prospective participant with a view to establishing the prospective participant's suitability for entry into the Programme;
shall examine the threat assessments and risk assessments submitted to the Centre pursuant to subsection (2)(a); and
may require a prospective participant or a participant, to undergo, for the purpose of determining the physical and mental health of the prospective participant or the participant, medical tests or examinations and psychological or psychiatric evaluations and to authorise the results to be made available to the JPIP Agency;
provide protection to participants and persons accorded provisional entry pursuant to subsection (2)(c);
assist with the relocation of participants where necessary; and
carry out periodic reviews of threat assessments and risk assessments.
The JPIP Agency shall exercise its functions under this or any other Law acting alone or through a person designated by the JPIP Agency to act on its behalf, and shall be deemed to be acting in an administrative capacity.
Subject to this Law, the JPIP Agency has the power to do all things necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with the performance of its functions under this or any other Law.
The Cabinet may make rules governing the procedure of the JPIP Agency but, subject to any such rules and to subsection (1), the JPIP Agency shall have power to regulate its own procedure.

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