Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155:section:227g
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00155
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 227G
Character Range: 1497805–1498547

227G  Compensation for damage etc. to items
 (1) If:
 (a) an activity undertaken by or on behalf of the Commonwealth in relation to a prohibited item taken into custody under this Part causes the loss or destruction of, or damage to, that item; and
 (b) the loss, destruction or damage occurred wholly or partly as a result of:
 (i) insufficient care being exercised in selecting the persons to undertake the activity; or
 (ii) insufficient care being exercised by the person undertaking that activity;
compensation for the loss, destruction or damage is payable to the owner of the item concerned.
 (2) Compensation is payable out of money appropriated by the Parliament for the purpose.

Part XIII—Penal Provisions

Division 1—Forfeitures