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Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002
50Setting aside of restraining order
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50 Setting aside of restraining order
(1) The applicant in relation to a restraining order under section 43(1)
or (2)(a) must request the court that made the order to set the order
aside if the grounds for suspecting that the property is crime-used
or crime-derived no longer exist.
(2) The applicant in relation to a restraining order under
section 44(1)(a) must request the court that made the order to set
the order aside if the person could not be declared to be a drug
trafficker.
(3) The applicant in relation to a restraining order may request the
court that made the order to set the order aside for any other
reason.
(4) If a restraining order relating to property is set aside, the applicant
in relation to the restraining order must ensure that:
(a) notice of the setting aside is served personally, as soon as
practicable, on each person on whom a copy of the restraining
order was served under section 47; and
(b) any property subject to the restraining order that is being
retained under section 39(2) is returned to the person from
whom it was seized unless it is to be otherwise dealt with
under this Act or another Act; and
(c) any property subject to the restraining order that is being
guarded under section 39(2) is released from guard; and
(d) if the applicant is aware that the person to whom property is to
be returned under paragraph (b) is not the owner of the
property – the owner is notified, where practicable, of the
setting aside of the restraining order and the return of the
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