sec.214LHow forfeited property may be dealt with

### sec.214L How forfeited property may be dealt with This section applies if a thing is forfeited to the State because of a person’s noncompliance with a compliance order. The chief executive may deal with the thing as the chief executive considers appropriate, including, for example, by destroying it, giving it away or otherwise disposing of it. However, the chief executive must not deal with the thing in a way that could prejudice the outcome of an appeal against the making of the compliance order. The State may recover from the person the reasonable costs of disposing of the thing as a debt due to the State. transport costs, dump fees, storage costs, costs of sale If the chief executive sells the thing or any part of it, the amount for which the thing or part is sold must be offset against— the amount the State may otherwise recover under subsection (4) ; and any amount the State may otherwise recover under section 214K for doing a thing required under the compliance order. If the amount for which the thing or part is sold is greater than the total of the amounts mentioned in subsection (5) (a) and (b) , the chief executive must, after deducting the total of those amounts, make reasonable efforts to return the proceeds of the sale to the person. s 214L ins 2019 No. 7 s 184 (sec.214L-ssec.1) This section applies if a thing is forfeited to the State because of a person’s noncompliance with a compliance order. (sec.214L-ssec.2) The chief executive may deal with the thing as the chief executive considers appropriate, including, for example, by destroying it, giving it away or otherwise disposing of it. (sec.214L-ssec.3) However, the chief executive must not deal with the thing in a way that could prejudice the outcome of an appeal against the making of the compliance order. (sec.214L-ssec.4) The State may recover from the person the reasonable costs of disposing of the thing as a debt due to the State. transport costs, dump fees, storage costs, costs of sale (sec.214L-ssec.5) If the chief executive sells the thing or any part of it, the amount for which the thing or part is sold must be offset against— the amount the State may otherwise recover under subsection (4) ; and any amount the State may otherwise recover under section 214K for doing a thing required under the compliance order. (sec.214L-ssec.6) If the amount for which the thing or part is sold is greater than the total of the amounts mentioned in subsection (5) (a) and (b) , the chief executive must, after deducting the total of those amounts, make reasonable efforts to return the proceeds of the sale to the person. - (a) the amount the State may otherwise recover under subsection (4) ; and - (b) any amount the State may otherwise recover under section 214K for doing a thing required under the compliance order.