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Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004
sec.774Dealing with forfeited things
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### sec.774 Dealing with forfeited things
On the forfeiture of a thing to the State, it becomes the State’s property.
See also section 841 .
The CEO or chief inspector, or the chief executive, may deal with the thing for the State in any way the CEO or chief inspector, or the chief executive, considers appropriate, including, for example, by destroying it or giving it away.
However, the CEO or chief inspector, or the chief executive, must not deal with the thing in a way that could prejudice the outcome of an appeal or review under this Act of which the CEO or chief inspector, or the chief executive, is aware.
s 774 amd 2009 No. 24 s 664 ; 2011 No. 2 ss 121 , 122 sch ; 2012 No. 20 s 125 sch 1 ; 2019 No. 7 s 313 s ch 1 pt 1 ; 2020 No. 10 s 139 sch 2 ; 2020 No. 23 s 55R (retro)
(sec.774-ssec.1) On the forfeiture of a thing to the State, it becomes the State’s property. See also section 841 .
(sec.774-ssec.2) The CEO or chief inspector, or the chief executive, may deal with the thing for the State in any way the CEO or chief inspector, or the chief executive, considers appropriate, including, for example, by destroying it or giving it away.
(sec.774-ssec.3) However, the CEO or chief inspector, or the chief executive, must not deal with the thing in a way that could prejudice the outcome of an appeal or review under this Act of which the CEO or chief inspector, or the chief executive, is aware.