sec.172Information notice about forfeiture decision

sec.172 Information notice about forfeiture decision

If the chief executive decides under section 171 (1) to forfeit a thing, the chief executive must as soon as practicable give a person who owned the thing immediately before the forfeiture (the former owner ) an information notice about the decision. The information notice may be given by leaving it at the place where the thing was seized, in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way. The information notice must state that the former owner may apply for a stay of the decision if he or she appeals against the decision. However, subsections (1) to (3) do not apply if the place where the thing was seized is— a public place; or a place where the notice is unlikely to be read by the former owner. (sec.172-ssec.1) If the chief executive decides under section 171 (1) to forfeit a thing, the chief executive must as soon as practicable give a person who owned the thing immediately before the forfeiture (the former owner ) an information notice about the decision. (sec.172-ssec.2) The information notice may be given by leaving it at the place where the thing was seized, in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way. (sec.172-ssec.3) The information notice must state that the former owner may apply for a stay of the decision if he or she appeals against the decision. (sec.172-ssec.4) However, subsections (1) to (3) do not apply if the place where the thing was seized is— a public place; or a place where the notice is unlikely to be read by the former owner.

• (a) a public place; or
• (b) a place where the notice is unlikely to be read by the former owner.