Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIf:
(a) a person is given a forfeiture notice for:
(i) an alleged contravention; or
(ii) multiple alleged contraventions; and
(b) the owner of the thing to which the notice relates agrees, in accordance with the notice, to forfeit the thing to the Commonwealth; and
(c) the notice has not been withdrawn;
then:
(d) any liability of the person for the alleged contravention or contraventions is discharged; and
(e) proceedings seeking a civil penalty order or orders may not be brought in relation to the alleged contravention or contraventions; and
(f) the person is not regarded as having admitted guilt or liability for the alleged contravention or contraventions; and
(g) the person may not be prosecuted in a court for an offence that is constituted by conduct that is the same, or substantially the same, as the conduct alleged to constitute a contravention in the notice.