sec.721Dealing with forfeited things

### sec.721 Dealing with forfeited things On the forfeiture of a thing to the State, the thing becomes the property of the State and may, subject to any direction given under the Police Service Administration Act 1990 , section 4 .6, be dealt with by the commissioner as the commissioner considers appropriate. Without limiting subsection (1) , the commissioner may destroy or dispose of the thing. If the thing is sold, it must be sold by auction and the proceeds of the sale are to be paid— first, in meeting the expenses of the sale; and second, in meeting the expenses of the seizure and storage of the thing and doing anything necessary to prepare it for sale; and third, to the consolidated fund or, if the proceeds relate to a thing forfeited under section 718 , the unclaimed moneys fund kept under the Public Trustee Act 1978 . cleaning the hard drive of a seized computer s 721 ins 2000 No. 22 s 25 amd 2006 No. 26 s 77 (sec.721-ssec.1) On the forfeiture of a thing to the State, the thing becomes the property of the State and may, subject to any direction given under the Police Service Administration Act 1990 , section 4 .6, be dealt with by the commissioner as the commissioner considers appropriate. (sec.721-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the commissioner may destroy or dispose of the thing. (sec.721-ssec.3) If the thing is sold, it must be sold by auction and the proceeds of the sale are to be paid— first, in meeting the expenses of the sale; and second, in meeting the expenses of the seizure and storage of the thing and doing anything necessary to prepare it for sale; and third, to the consolidated fund or, if the proceeds relate to a thing forfeited under section 718 , the unclaimed moneys fund kept under the Public Trustee Act 1978 . cleaning the hard drive of a seized computer - (a) first, in meeting the expenses of the sale; and - (b) second, in meeting the expenses of the seizure and storage of the thing and doing anything necessary to prepare it for sale; and - (c) third, to the consolidated fund or, if the proceeds relate to a thing forfeited under section 718 , the unclaimed moneys fund kept under the Public Trustee Act 1978 . Example for paragraph (b) — cleaning the hard drive of a seized computer