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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
92Presumed value of benefits—serious offence
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92 Presumed value of benefits—serious offence
(1) This section applies to the assessment of the value of benefits derived
by an offender from the commission of a serious offence (or serious
offences).
Note Commission, of a serious offence, includes the alleged commission of the
offence (see s 79).
(2) The value of the benefits derived from the offence (or offences) is
taken to include the following:
(a) the value of all of the offender’s property on the day the
application was made;
(b) the value of any other property held by the offender within the
shorter of the following periods:
(i) between the day the offence (or the earliest offence) was
committed and the day the application was made;
(ii) 6 years immediately before the day the application was
made;
(c) the value of any narcotic substance to which the offence (or
offences) relate;
Note For the valuation of narcotic substances, see s 93 (3) and (4).
(d) all of the person’s expenditure during the relevant period under
paragraph (b) (other than expenditure to the extent that it
resulted in the acquisition of property mentioned in
paragraph (a) or (b)).
(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply to particular property if the
offender satisfies the court that the property—
(a) was lawfully acquired by the offender; and
Territory or a foreign country.
(4) Also, subsection (2) does not apply to particular expenditure if the
offender satisfies the court that the expenditure—
(a) was derived from property or benefits lawfully acquired by the
offender; and
(b) the property from which the expenditure was derived is not
tainted property in relation to any offence against a territory law,
or a law of the Commonwealth, a State, another Territory or a
foreign country.
(5) For subsection (2) (b) (i), if a serious offence was committed over
more than 1 day, the reference in the subparagraph to the day the
offence was committed is a reference to the day the offence was
begun to be committed.
(6) This section does not apply in relation to a penalty order relating only
to artistic profits.