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.