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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
81DNotice of direction under section 81C
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81D Notice of direction under section 81C
(1) If the Magistrates' Court makes a direction under section 81C, the applicant for the direction must give notice to all persons known to have an interest in the thing or document to which the direction applies that the thing or document is being held or retained as if it were tainted property seized under a warrant under section 79 of the **Confiscation Act 1997** by virtue of a direction made under section 81C.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) must be—
(a) given within 7 days after the thing or document is no longer required for evidentiary purposes under this Act; and
(b) in the prescribed form.
S. 81E inserted by No. 63/2003 s. 47.