根据《证人保护法》（1998 年）第 1(1)条，任何证人，如有理由认为其本人安全或任何相关人员的安全因其本人的证人身份受到或者有可能受到任何人或任何 群体或类别的人的威胁，无论其认识这些人与否，则都可以申请获得保护。这些保护可能包括重新安置或改变身份。《证人保护法》设立了证人保护办公室，便利实施临时和更长期的保护措施。出台了能够在刑事讼诉的各个重要阶段听 取受害人的意见和想法并对其加以考虑的机制，包括在作出假释考虑时。
Under section 1(1) of the Witness Protection Act (1998) (WPA), any witness who has reason to believe that his or her safety or the safety of any related person is or may be threatened by any person or group or class of persons, whether known to him or her or not, by reason of his or her being a witness, may request protection. Protection may include relocation or change of identity. The WPA established the Office for the Protection of Witnesses that facilitates both temporary and longer-term protection measures. Mechanisms exist to enable the views and considerations of victims to be presented and considered at all critical stages of criminal proceedings, including in parole consideration.