New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL ASSETS RECOVERY ACT 1990 - SECT 52I

52I Interim registration of facsimile or other electronic copies

(1) A facsimile or other electronic copy of--

(a) a sealed copy of an interstate assets forfeiture order, interstate crime related property declaration or interstate restraining order, or

(b) a sealed copy of any amendments made to any such order,

is regarded for the purposes of this Act as the same as the sealed copy, if the copy is certified in accordance with the requirements of the court or body that issued it.

(2) Registration effected by means of a facsimile or other electronic copy ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 5 days commencing on the day of registration unless a sealed copy that is not a facsimile or other electronic copy has been registered by that time.

(3) Registration of the sealed copy before the end of the period referred to in subsection (2) has effect as from the day of registration of the facsimile or other electronic copy.

(4) Although registration of a facsimile or other electronic copy of an interstate assets forfeiture order ceases to have effect in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (2), any forfeiture already made in relation to the order is not affected.