Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598:clause:1_447
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00598
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 447
Character Range: 1258076–1259291

447  Direction to deliver seizable items
 (1) An authorised officer may direct a person to deliver to the officer, or to another person specified in the direction, a thing that the officer is authorised to seize under a warrant issued under Division 4 or under section 445.
 (2) The direction must:
 (a) be in writing; and
 (b) be given to the person who is directed to deliver the thing, who must be:
 (i) if the thing is a vessel—the person in charge of the vessel, or the vessel's owner; or
 (ii) if the thing is an aircraft—the person in charge of the aircraft; or
 (iii) otherwise—the person in possession of the thing; and
 (c) specify the place at which the delivery is to occur; and
 (d) specify the period within which the delivery is to occur.
 (3) A person must not fail to comply with a direction under this section.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.
 (4) This Part applies to a thing delivered in compliance with a direction under this section as if the thing had been seized under the warrant or section that authorised the officer to seize the thing.
 (5) A direction made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

Subdivision B—Disposal of seized items