New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CONFISCATION OF PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 1989 - SECT 17C

17C Notification of forfeiture

(1) The relevant authority must give a notice of intention to forfeit relevant property (a
"forfeiture notice" ) in accordance with this section.

(2) The relevant authority must, as soon as reasonably practicable, give the notice--

(a) to each person the relevant authority knows or reasonably suspects has a beneficial interest in the relevant property, and

(b) no later than 28 days before the end of the relevant period.

(3) The notice must include the following--

(a) a description of the relevant property,

(b) the date on which the relevant period will end,

(c) the way in which, and time within which, a person may apply for an exclusion order.

(4) Failure to give a notice in accordance with this section does not affect the forfeiture of relevant property under this Division if reasonable steps were taken to give the notice.