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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
94Creation of penalty charge over restrained property
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94 Creation of penalty charge over restrained property
(1) This section applies if, in relation to an offence—
(a) a restraining order is made; and
(b) a penalty order is made.
(2) On the making of the later of the orders, all of the restrained property
is automatically charged to secure the payment to the Territory of the
amount of the penalty order.
Note 1 An interstate penalty charge is taken to be a penalty charge under this Act
(see s 139).
Note 2 If the penalty charge is over restrained property that may be recorded in
a statutory property register, details of the restraining order may be
recorded in the register under s 50.
(3) If the restraining order is varied after the penalty order is made to add
more property, the additional property is also automatically charged
to secure payment to the Territory of the amount of the penalty order.
(4) A charge on property created by this section (a penalty charge)—
(a) is subject to every encumbrance on the property that came into
existence before the charge and that would have priority over
the charge if this subsection had not been enacted; and
(b) has priority over all other encumbrances; and
(c) is a statutory interest of a kind to which the Personal Property
Securities Act 2009 (Cwlth), section 73 (2) applies; and
(d) is not affected by any change in the ownership of the property
unless the change in ownership ends the penalty charge under
section 95 (c) or (d).
Satisfaction of penalty order Division 7.4