South Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL ASSETS CONFISCATION ACT 2005 - SECT 59B

59B—Exclusion orders based on financial interests of Crown etc

        (1)         If a person becomes a prescribed drug offender, a court may make an order excluding property from forfeiture under Subdivision 1A (an "exclusion order") if—

            (a)         the DPP applies to the court for the exclusion order; and

            (b)         the court is satisfied that—

                  (i)         it would be contrary to the financial interests of the Crown for the property to be forfeited to the Crown; or

                  (ii)         it is otherwise not in the public interest for the property to be forfeited to the Crown.

        (2)         An exclusion order under subsection (1)—

            (a)         may identify the property concerned by—

                  (i)         specifying the nature and extent of the property that is to be excluded; or

                  (ii)         specifying that all property to which the deemed forfeiture order would apply is to be excluded; or

                  (iii)         specifying that all property to which the deemed forfeiture order would apply, other than specified property, is to be excluded; and

            (b)         must direct that the property be excluded from the operation of the deemed forfeiture order under Subdivision 1A; and

            (c)         may include any other directions that are necessary or convenient for giving effect to the order.

        (3)         A court may make an exclusion order under subsection (1) on the basis of the DPP's application and in the absence of, and without hearing from, any parties to the application.

        (4)         If a court makes an exclusion order in relation to property under subsection (1), the property will (subject to any order of the court to the contrary) be taken to have never been forfeited under Subdivision 1A.