Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989
42UAppeals against refusal to confirm freezing notice
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42U Appeals against refusal to confirm freezing notice
42U Appeals against refusal to confirm freezing notice
(1) The Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Commissioner of Police may appeal to the appeal court against a refusal by an appropriate court to confirm a freezing notice.
(2) On an appeal, the appeal court may make any order that an appropriate court may make on an application for confirmation of a freezing notice.
(3) An order made by the appeal court under this section is taken to have been made by the appropriate court, but is not on that account subject to further appeal.
(4) In this section, the appeal court is—
(a) in relation to the Local Court, the Children’s Court or the District Court—the Supreme Court, and
(b) in relation to the Supreme Court—the Court of Criminal Appeal.
s 42U: Ins 2005 No 73, Sch 1 [34]. Am 2025 No 61, Sch 2.18[2].