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Confiscation Act 1997
118EIssuing information notices—prescribed person
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118E Issuing information notices—prescribed person
S. 118E(1) amended by No. 44/2022 s. 37.
(1) A person prescribed for the purposes of section 118C may issue an information notice to a financial institution for the purposes of satisfying a pecuniary penalty order or an order under section 12 of the **Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1986** before its repeal.
S. 118E(2) amended by No. 68/2010 s. 25(1).
(2) A person prescribed for the purposes of section 118C must not issue an information notice under subsection (1) unless he or she reasonably believes that—
S. 118E(2)(a) amended by Nos 87/2004 s. 22(2)(o), 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 23.63).
(a) a pecuniary penalty order has been made against an accused in relation to a Schedule 1 offence or a Schedule 2 offence; and
(b) the issuing of the information notice is required to satisfy the pecuniary penalty order.
S. 118E(3) inserted by No. 68/2010 s. 25(2).
(3) A person prescribed for the purposes of section 118C may issue an information notice to a financial institution for the purposes of—
S. 118E(3)(a) amended by No. 79/2014 s. 36.
(a) managing specified property in respect of which a restraining order or a civil forfeiture restraining order or an unexplained wealth restraining order has been made; or
(b) managing or disposing of specified property that has been forfeited under this Act.
S. 118E(4) inserted by No. 68/2010 s. 25(2), substituted by No. 44/2022 s. 65.
(4) A person prescribed for the purposes of section 118C must not issue an information notice under subsection (3) unless he or she reasonably believes that the issuing of the information notice is required to manage or dispose of the specified property.
S. 118E(5) inserted by No. 55/2025 s. 5.
(5) A person prescribed for the purposes of section 118C may issue an information notice to a financial institution for the purposes of satisfying an unexplained wealth order if the person reasonably believes that—
(a) an unexplained wealth order has been made against a person; and
(b) the issuing of the information notice is required to satisfy the unexplained wealth order.
S. 118F inserted by No. 63/2003 s. 29.