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Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983
230YCopies of certain things seized to be given
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230Y Copies of certain things seized to be given
(1) If, in exercising a power under Division 2 or Division 3, a port safety officer seizes—
(a) a document; or
(b) a thing that can be readily copied; or
(c) a storage device that contains information that can be readily copied—
the port safety officer must give a copy of the document, thing or information to the owner or the custodian of the document, thing or device as soon as practicable after the seizure.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the port safety officer is unable to discover the identity of the owner or custodian of the document, thing or device.
(3) If it is not practicable to comply with subsection (1) in respect of a document, thing or device before the port safety officer finishes the search, the port safety officer must give a receipt for it to the person from whom it is seized and removed.
S. 230Z inserted by No. 93/2009 s. 15.