Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The following are
to be paid into the Confiscation Proceeds Account —
(a)
money that, under this Act, is paid to the State, recovered by the State or
confiscated;
(b)
proceeds of the disposal of other confiscated property;
(c)
money paid to the State under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 of the
Commonwealth from the Confiscated Assets Reserve established under that Act or
any other fund established for a similar purpose under a law of the
Commonwealth;
(d)
money that the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 80J(7)(j)(ii) requires to be
paid to the credit of the account.
(2) Money may be paid
out of the Confiscation Proceeds Account at the direction of the Attorney
General, as reimbursement or otherwise —
(a) for
a purpose associated with the administration of this Act; and
(b) for
the development and administration of programmes or activities designed to
prevent or reduce drug-related criminal activity and the abuse of prohibited
drugs; and
(c) to
provide support services and other assistance to victims of crime; and
(d) to
carry out operations authorised by the Commissioner of Police for the purpose
of identifying or locating persons involved in the commission of a
confiscation offence; and
(e) to
carry out operations authorised by the Commissioner of Police or the CCC for
the purpose of identifying or locating confiscable property; and
(f) to
cover any costs of storing, seizing or managing frozen or confiscated property
that are incurred by the Police Force, the DPP, the CCC or a person appointed
under this Act to manage the property; and
(g) for
any other purposes in aid of law enforcement.
[Section 131 amended: No. 4 of 2007 s. 26; No. 10
of 2018 s. 74.]