Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00106:clause:1_37
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00106
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 37
Character Range: 39810–40796

37  After subsection 252G(6)
Insert:
 (6A) If a person leaves a prohibited thing determined under paragraph 251A(2)(b) in a place as mentioned in subsection (5) of this section, it is forfeited to the Commonwealth if an authorised officer considers on reasonable grounds, after taking all reasonable steps to return the thing to the person for the purposes of subsection (5), that:
 (a) its owner or a person who controls the thing cannot be identified; or
 (b) the thing is abandoned; or
 (c) the thing otherwise cannot be returned to the person.
Note: Paragraph 251A(2)(b) covers the determination of a thing as a prohibited thing if the Minister is satisfied that its possession or use in an immigration detention facility might be a risk to the health, safety or security of persons in the facility, or to the order of the facility.
 (6B) If a prohibited thing is forfeited under subsection (6A), the authorised officer may dispose of it in any way the officer thinks appropriate.