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Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002
63Setting aside restraining order – crime-used property
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63 Setting aside restraining order – crime-used property
(1) The court that is hearing an objection to the restraint of property on
the ground that the property is crime-used may set aside the
(a) the objector establishes that:
(i) the objector is a spouse, de facto partner or dependant
of an owner of the property; and
(ii) the objector is an innocent party or is less than 18 years
old; and
(iii) the objector was usually resident on the property at the
time the relevant forfeiture offence was committed or is
most likely to have been committed; and
(iv) the objector was usually resident on the property at the
time the objection was filed; and
(v) the objector has no other residence at the time of
hearing the objection; and
(vi) the objector would suffer undue hardship if the property
is forfeited; and
(vii) it is not practicable to make adequate provision for the
objector by some other means; or
(b) the objector establishes that:
(i) the objector is the owner of the property or is one of 2 or
more owners of the property; and
(ii) the property is not effectively controlled by a person who
made criminal use of the property; and
(iii) the objector is an innocent party in relation to the
(iv) each other owner (if there are more than one) is an
(c) the objector establishes that it is more likely than not that the
property is not crime-used.
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(2) If the objector fails to establish for subsection (1)(b) that each other
owner is an innocent party, the court that is hearing the objection
may:
(a) order that, when the property is sold after forfeiture, the
objector is to be paid an amount from the proceeds of the sale
that is in proportion to the objector's share of the property; or
(b) set aside the restraining order in relation to the property if it
also orders the objector to pay to the Territory the value of the
share of the property that the court finds is attributable to the
owner or owners who are not established to be innocent
parties.
(3) In an order under subsection (2), the court must specify:
(a) the proportion that it finds to be the objector's share of the
(4) On application by the DPP or an owner of the property, the court
that made a restraining order on the ground that the relevant
property is crime-used may set the order aside if the court also
orders the objector to pay to the Territory the value of the property.
(5) The court that is hearing the objection or application must assess
the value of property:
(a) for subsection (2)(b) – at the time of hearing the objection; and
(b) for subsection (4) – at the time of hearing the application;
and must specify the assessed value in the order.