Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 133J

  (1)   If an inspector seizes, and destroys or otherwise disposes of, consumer goods in accordance with an order made under subsection   133H(1):

  (a)   the person from whom the consumer goods were seized; or

  (b)   if that person is not entitled to possess the consumer goods--the owner of the consumer goods;

is liable to pay an amount equal to the costs reasonably incurred by the inspector in seizing, and in destroying or disposing of, the consumer goods.

  (2)   An amount payable by a person under subsection   (1):

  (a)   is a debt due by the person to the Commonwealth; and

  (b)   may be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.