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Radiocommunications Act 1992
180The ACMA may take possession of equipment
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#### 180 The ACMA may take possession of equipment
(1) If the owner of equipment agrees, in accordance with section 179, to forfeit the equipment to the Commonwealth:
(a) the ACMA may take possession of the equipment; and
(b) if the ACMA does so—the ACMA must give the owner a receipt for the equipment taken into possession.
(2) If:
(a) the ACMA has purported to take possession of equipment under subsection (1); and
(b) the ACMA was not entitled to take possession of the equipment under that subsection;
the ACMA must take all reasonable steps to return the equipment to the owner of the equipment.