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#### 41 Object of this Part
The object of this Part is to set up a scheme (for the purposes of sections 133B and section 248SA of the Act) to enable a person who is alleged to have committed an offence of strict liability against Division 5 of Part V, or Subdivision A or B of Division 3 of Part XIA, of the Act to do the following as an alternative to being prosecuted:
(a) pay the Commonwealth an amount specified in an infringement notice for the alleged offence;
(b) for an alleged offence against a provision of Division 5 of Part V of the Act (except subsections 132AQ(5), 132AR(5) and 132AS(5)), agree to forfeit to the Commonwealth:
(i) each article (if any), in the person’s possession when the person is informed how the person may avoid prosecution for the alleged offence, that is alleged to be an infringing copy of a work or other subject‑matter and to have been involved in the commission of the offence; and
(ii) each device (if any), in the person’s possession when the person is informed how the person may avoid prosecution for the alleged offence, that is alleged to have been made to be used for making an infringing copy of a work or other subject‑matter and to have been involved in the commission of the offence.