24Embargo notices

24 Embargo notices

(1)  An authorised officer who enters premises under a search warrant may give a notice (in this section referred to as an embargo notice) to the occupier of the premises.

(2)  An embargo notice must –

(a) be in writing; and

(b) specify the consumer goods or product related services to which the notice relates; and

(c) if the notice relates to consumer goods, state that the specified consumer goods must not be –

(i) supplied in or from the premises; or

(ii) transferred, moved, altered, destroyed or otherwise interfered with –

during the period specified in the notice; and

(d) if the notice relates to product related services, state that the specified product related services must not be supplied in or from the premises during the period specified in the notice.

(3)  A person who knows that an embargo notice relates to consumer goods or product related services must not supply, transfer, move, alter, destroy or interfere with the goods, or supply the product related services, in contravention of the notice.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.

(4)  It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (3) for the defendant to prove that the defendant moved the consumer goods, or the part of the consumer goods, for the purpose of protecting and preserving the goods.