Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00169:section:39
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00169
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 39
Character Range: 110218–111206

39  Responsibility for seized property
 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where property is seized under this Division, the Commissioner shall arrange for the property to be kept until it is dealt with in accordance with another provision of this Act, and shall ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to preserve the property while it is so kept.
 (2) Where:
 (a) a police officer seizes property under this Division; and
 (b) the officer believes on reasonable grounds that the property will afford evidence as to the commission of an offence that is the subject of a special ACC operation/investigation;
the Chief Executive Officer of the ACC shall arrange for the property to be kept until it is dealt with in accordance with another provision of this Act, and shall ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to preserve the property while it is so kept.
 (3) In this section:
special ACC operation/investigation has the same meaning as in the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002.