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Security-sensitive Dangerous Substances Act 2005
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### 72 Forfeiture
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> > > > (a) a person is convicted by a court of an offence in relation to an SSDS; and
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> > > > (b) the person owns the SSDS or the owner cannot be identified –
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> > the court may, in addition to imposing any other penalty, order the SSDS (and, if applicable, its container) to be forfeited to the Crown.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 72 Subsection (2) amended by No. 2 of 2012, s. 98, Applied:01 Jan 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-01-01/act-2012-002#GS98@EN) The SSDS so forfeited to the Crown (and, if applicable, its container) may be destroyed, sold or otherwise disposed of as the regulator, having regard to considerations of State security and public safety, thinks fit.
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> > (3) Any costs reasonably incurred in effecting the destruction, sale or other disposal are recoverable from the convicted person as a debt due to the Crown.