Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a designated forfeiture officer believes on reasonable grounds that:
(a) a person has contravened a provision subject to a forfeiture notice under this Division; and
(b) a thing was used, or otherwise involved, in the contravention of the provision;
the designated forfeiture officer may give to the person a forfeiture notice for the alleged contravention.
(2) The forfeiture notice must be expressed to relate to the thing.
(3) The forfeiture notice must be given within 12 months after the day on which the contravention is alleged to have taken place.
(4) A designated forfeiture officer may give a person a single forfeiture notice relating to multiple alleged contraventions (whether of the same provision or different provisions).
(5) A person must not be given:
(a) a forfeiture notice; and
(b) an infringement notice under Part 5 of the Regulatory Powers Act;
that relate to the same alleged contravention.