Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEEDS CONFISCATION ACT 2002 - SECT 264A

264A Payment of amount under equitable sharing program

(1) The Attorney-General may give a direction for the payment, under an equitable sharing program, to another participating jurisdiction of an amount—

(a) out of property forfeited under this Act or the proceeds of the disposal of forfeited property; or

(b) paid to the State under an order made under this Act.

(2) This section does not limit section 214 .

(3) In this section—

"equitable sharing program" means an arrangement under which the State shares with another jurisdiction a proportion of property forfeited, or an amount payable, to the State under this Act if, in the Attorney-General’s opinion, the participating jurisdiction has made a significant contribution to the recovery of the property or amount, including, for example, by investigating or prosecuting the illegal activity associated with the property or amount.

"participating jurisdiction" , for an equitable sharing program, means the Commonwealth or a State or another jurisdiction participating in the program.