(1) Where:
(a) property or a thing is seized under section 30 or 31; and
(b) the property or thing:
(i) may be material as evidence in proving an offence in relation to which an indorsed New Zealand warrant or the provisional arrest warrant referred to in that section was issued; or
(ii) has been acquired as a result of such an offence;
the Attorney - General may, whether or not a surrender warrant or a temporary surrender warrant is issued in respect of the person to whom the warrant referred to in subparagraph ( b)(i) relates, direct, by notice in writing, that the property or thing be sent to New Zealand.
(2) A notice given under subsection ( 1) is not a legislative instrument.