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Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
sec.161Forfeiting dangerous goods
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### sec.161 Forfeiting dangerous goods
If a person is convicted of an offence against this Act relating to the transport of dangerous goods, the court before which the person is convicted may order the dangerous goods or their packaging, or other things used to commit the offence, be forfeited to the State.
Dangerous goods, their packaging or other things that are forfeited may be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as directed by the chief executive.
Subsection (1) does not limit the court’s power to make any other order on the conviction including an order under section 158 .
s 161 (prev s 79K) ins 1997 No. 66 s 129
renum 1999 No. 42 s 54 (2) sch amdt 184
amd 2008 No. 67 s 96
(sec.161-ssec.1) If a person is convicted of an offence against this Act relating to the transport of dangerous goods, the court before which the person is convicted may order the dangerous goods or their packaging, or other things used to commit the offence, be forfeited to the State.
(sec.161-ssec.2) Dangerous goods, their packaging or other things that are forfeited may be destroyed or otherwise dealt with as directed by the chief executive.
(sec.161-ssec.3) Subsection (1) does not limit the court’s power to make any other order on the conviction including an order under section 158 .