Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PRODUCT EMISSIONS STANDARDS ACT 2017 - SECT 34

  (1)   This section applies i f:

  (a)   an inspector seizes an emissions - controlled product under Part   3 of the Regulatory Powers Act as it applies in relation to this Act; and

  (b)   the inspector reasonably suspects that a provision of Part   3 of this Act was contravened in relation to the product .

  (2)   The inspector may, within 7 days after the product is seized , give a written notice (the forfeiture notice ) to the owner of the product .

  (3)   If the owner of the product cannot be identified after reasonable inquiry, the inspect or may give the forfeiture notice to the person from whom the product was seized.

  (4 )   The notice must:

  (a)   identify the product ; and

  (b)   state that the product has been seized; and

  (c)   specify the reason for the seizure; and

  (d)   state that the product will be forfeited to the Commonwealth unless a court, on application under section   35 , orders the product to be returned.