Section 17Part 9 — Protection under the Justice Protection Programme
Cessation of protection and assistance
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Protection or assistance provided under the Programme to a participant —
shall be terminated by the Centre if the participant requests in writing that it be terminated; or
may be terminated by the Centre if —
the participant deliberately breaches a term of the Memorandum of Understanding;
the Centre discovers that the participant had knowingly given information to the Centre that was false or misleading in a material particular;
the participant's conduct is, in the opinion of the Centre, likely to compromise the integrity of the Programme;
the circumstances that gave rise to the need for protection or assistance for the participant cease to exist;
the participant deliberately breaches an undertaking, including an undertaking to give evidence, in relation to a matter, material to the Programme;
the participant refuses or fails to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding when required to do so under section 11(7); or
there is, in the opinion of the Centre, no reasonable justification for the participant to remain in the Programme.
Where the Centre decides under subsection (1)(b) to terminate protection or assistance or both under the Programme, the Centre shall —
take reasonable steps to notify the participant of the decision; and
notify the other approved authorities of the decision.
A participant who receives such a notification may, within twenty-eight days after receiving the notice, apply in writing to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a review of the decision of the Centre.
Where a participant applies for a review of the decision of the Centre, the Director of Public Prosecutions shall —
allow the participant a reasonable opportunity to state his case; and
review the decision of the Centre and —
confirm or reverse it; or
vary it with the consent of the participant,
and inform the participant in writing of the decision; and the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions shall be final.
A decision of the Centre pursuant to subsection (1)(b) to terminate protection or assistance or both shall be effected as follows —
where the participant's whereabouts are unknown and the Centre has taken reasonable steps to notify the participant of the decision but has been unable to do so or where, in the opinion of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the participant is avoiding notification, the protection shall be terminated at the end of the period of twenty-eight days after those steps were commenced;
where the participant does not apply for a review of the decision in accordance with subsection (3), termination shall take effect at the end of the period of twenty-eight days after the participant receives the notification; or
if the participant applies for a review of the decision in accordance with subsection (3) and the Director of Public Prosecutions notifies the participant that the decision of the Centre is confirmed, termination shall take effect from the date of receipt of the notification.