Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Despite section 96, if property forfeited under section 92 is property located outside * Australia:
(a) that property vests in equity in the Commonwealth; and
(b) that property only vests in the Commonwealth at law to the extent permitted under the law in force in the place where that property is located; and
(c) the * responsible authority has power, on behalf of the Commonwealth, to do anything necessary or convenient to:
(i) give notice of, or otherwise protect, the Commonwealth's equitable interest in that property; or
(ii) arrange for the enforcement of, or give effect to, the declaration under section 95 that relates to the forfeiture of that property.
Note: The following is an example of action by the responsible authority under subparagraph (1)(c)(ii): arranging for a request under section 32 of the * Mutual Assistance Act in relation to the enforcement of the declaration under section 95 of this Act that relates to the forfeiture of that property.
(2) Any action by the * responsible authority under subparagraph (1)(c)(i) is not a dealing for the purposes of subsection 99(1).
(3) Despite section 96 and subsection (1) of this section, if:
(a) property forfeited under section 92 is property located outside * Australia; and
(b) under the law in force in the place where that property is located, that property vests in a person;
that property vests in that person under that law.
(4) Subsection (3) does not affect any equitable interest vested in the Commonwealth by paragraph (1)(a).