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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
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#### 322 Appeals
(1) A person:
(a) against whom a \*confiscation order is made; or
(b) who has an \*interest in property against which a \*forfeiture order is made; or
(c) who has an interest in property that is declared in an order under section 141, 168 or 179S to satisfy a \*pecuniary penalty order, a \*literary proceeds order or an \*unexplained wealth order;
may appeal against the confiscation order, forfeiture order or order under section 141, 168 or 179S (the targeted order) in the manner set out in this section.
(2) If:
(a) the \*confiscation order; or
(b) the \*forfeiture order; or
(c) the \*pecuniary penalty order or \*literary proceeds order to which the order under section 141 or 168 relates;
(the primary order) was made in relation to a conviction of an offence, the person may appeal against the targeted order in the same manner as if the targeted order were, or were part of, a sentence imposed on the person in respect of the offence.
(3) In any other case, the person may appeal against the targeted order in the same manner as if:
(a) the person had been convicted of the offence to which the primary order relates; and
(b) the targeted order were, or were part of, a sentence imposed on the person in respect of the offence.
(4) However, despite subsection (2) or (3), if the primary order related to a \*foreign indictable offence, the person may appeal against the targeted order in the same manner as if:
(a) the person had been convicted of the offence in the State or Territory in which the targeted order was made; and
(b) the targeted order were, or were part of, a sentence imposed on the person in respect of the offence.
(4A) Despite subsections (2) and (3), in the case of an \*unexplained wealth order, or an order under section 179S that relates to an unexplained wealth order, the person may appeal against the targeted order in the same manner as if:
(a) the person had been convicted of one of the following:
(i) an offence against a law of the Commonwealth;
(ii) a \*foreign indictable offence;
(iia) a \*relevant offence of a \*participating State;
(iii) a \*State offence that has a federal aspect;
(iv) a \*Territory offence; and
(b) the targeted order were, or were part of, the sentence imposed on the person in respect of the offence.
(5) The \*responsible authority for the targeted order:
(a) has the same right of appeal against a targeted order as the person referred to in subsection (1) has under this section; and
(b) may appeal against a refusal by a court to make a targeted order in the same manner as if such an order were made and the authority were appealing against that order.
(6) On an appeal against a targeted order, the order may be confirmed, discharged or varied.
(7) This section does not affect any other right of appeal.