155Receipt for seized thing

155 Receipt for seized thing

(1) An authorised officer who seizes a thing under a search warrant, or under section 150 or 154, must give a receipt for the thing to—

(a) if the thing was seized at industry premises or any other place, either of the following persons who is present at the premises or place—

(i) the occupier of the premises or place;

(ii) a person who appears to represent the occupier; or

(b) if the thing was seized from a motor vehicle, either—

(ii) if the vehicle is a commercial passenger vehicle, the person in whose name the vehicle is registered under Part 3.

(2) The receipt must—

(a) identify the thing seized; and

(b) state the name of the authorised officer who seized the thing; and

(c) state the reason why the thing was seized.

(3) If for any reason it is not practicable for an authorised officer to comply with subsection (1), the officer may—

(a) send the receipt, by post, to a person referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (b) (as the case requires); or

(b) if the thing was seized at industry premises or any other place, leave the receipt at the premises or place in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way; or

(c) if the thing was seized from a motor vehicle, affix the receipt to the vehicle in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way.

S. 156 inserted by No. 63/2017 s. 18.