sec.82DChief executive may return seized thing

### sec.82D Chief executive may return seized thing The chief executive may return a seized thing to its owner. The chief executive may return the thing to its owner on conditions, including conditions to ensure that the thing is available for forfeiture. If the thing is not ordered to be forfeited to the State, the chief executive must return any property, including any security, taken by the chief executive under a condition imposed under subsection (2) at the end of— 6 months after the seizure; or if a prosecution for an offence involving the forest products or quarry material to which the seizure of the thing related is started within the 6 months—the prosecution for the offence and any appeal from the prosecution. s 82D ins 1997 No. 20 s 11 amd 2000 No. 26 s 12 sch 1 (sec.82D-ssec.1) The chief executive may return a seized thing to its owner. (sec.82D-ssec.2) The chief executive may return the thing to its owner on conditions, including conditions to ensure that the thing is available for forfeiture. (sec.82D-ssec.3) If the thing is not ordered to be forfeited to the State, the chief executive must return any property, including any security, taken by the chief executive under a condition imposed under subsection (2) at the end of— 6 months after the seizure; or if a prosecution for an offence involving the forest products or quarry material to which the seizure of the thing related is started within the 6 months—the prosecution for the offence and any appeal from the prosecution. - (a) 6 months after the seizure; or - (b) if a prosecution for an offence involving the forest products or quarry material to which the seizure of the thing related is started within the 6 months—the prosecution for the offence and any appeal from the prosecution.