31Dealing with condemned goods etc

31 Dealing with condemned goods etc

(1) If the Minister is reasonably satisfied that particular condemned goods, technology or things are of a kind to which subsection (2) applies, the Minister may give a person mentioned in paragraph 71(3)(a), (b) or (c) of the Act written approval to sell the goods, technology or things. (2) This subsection applies to goods, technology or things that are not, under another law of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory: (a) required to be destroyed; or (b) illegal to sell. (3) On receiving the Minister’s approval to sell the goods, technology or things, the approved person must: (a) offer the goods, technology or things for sale at the best reasonably achievable price; and (b) if the goods, technology or things are sold—pay the proceeds to the Commonwealth. (4) The goods, technology or things must not be transferred to a buyer until the buyer agrees, in writing, to use them, or cause or allow them to be used, only for a lawful purpose.