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Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002
112Sale of deteriorating property
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112 Sale of deteriorating property
(1) A person who has responsibility for the control or management of
restrained property may apply to the court that made the relevant
restraining order for an order under subsection (2) that the property
be sold.
(2) The court that is hearing an application under subsection (1) may
order that the property is to be sold if it is more likely than not that:
(a) the property is or will be subject to substantial waste or loss of
value if it is retained until it is dealt with under another
provision of this Act; or
(b) the cost of managing or protecting the property will exceed the
value of the property if it is retained until it is dealt with under
another provision of this Act.
(3) If the Public Trustee has the control or management of property that
is restrained under this Act and is not land, the Public Trustee may
sell the property for and on behalf of the Territory in the
circumstances mentioned in subsection (2) without obtaining a
court order under that subsection if the Minister approves the sale
in the circumstances.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) apply also to property where, despite that
the market value of the property may not be diminishing, interest
charges or the like are resulting in or are likely to result in a
diminishing realisable equity in the property.
(5) If restrained property is sold under an order under subsection (2) or
under subsection (3) the proceeds of the sale are taken to be
restrained property that is subject to the restraining order made in
respect of the sold property.
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(6) If restrained property that is land is sold under an order under
subsection (2), a copy of the order is to be lodged with the
Registrar-General by the applicant for the order.