Mental Health Act 2016
sec.590Information notice about forfeiture decision
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sec.590 Information notice about forfeiture decision
If the chief psychiatrist decides under section 589 (1) to forfeit a thing, the chief psychiatrist 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 the former owner 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.590-ssec.1) If the chief psychiatrist decides under section 589 (1) to forfeit a thing, the chief psychiatrist 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.590-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.590-ssec.3) The information notice must state that the former owner may apply for a stay of the decision if the former owner appeals against the decision. (sec.590-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.