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premises, the officer may:
 (a) give the object to a person who was apparently in control of the object, or is a person referred to in paragraph (3) (b) or (c); or
 (b) leave the object on other land or premises; or
 (c) retain the object for up to 7 days.

 (4A) Before leaving a prescribed object on land or premises referred to in paragraph (4) (b), a prescribed officer must give any of the persons referred to in paragraph (3) (a), (b) or (c) at least 24 hours' notice of the location of the land or premises.

 (5) Where an object is retained under paragraph (4) (c) and has not been returned to a person referred to in paragraph 3 (a), (b) or (c), at the end of the 7 days, the prescribed officer must take reasonable steps to return the prescribed object to a person referred to in paragraph (3) (a), (b) or (c) or (if that person is not entitled to possess it) the owner, unless:
 (a) proceedings in respect of which the object may afford evidence (including an appeal to a court in relation to those proceedings) were begun before the end of the 7 days and have not been completed; or
 (b) the officer is otherwise authorised by a law, or an order of a court, of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory to retain, destroy or dispose of the object.

6 Application

 (1) Subregulation 3 (1) applies, and shall be deemed to have applied, in relation to purchases made during the period that commenced on 1 January 1988 and ended at the expiration of 31 October 1988.

 (2) Regulation 4 applies, and shall be deemed to have applied, in relation to purchases made on or after 1 July 1987.

7 Repeal

  Statutory Rules 1967 No. 71 and 1980 No. 308 are repealed.
Schedule Certificate
(subregulation 5A (2))

Commonwealth of Australia

Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Regulations

CERTIFICATE

I, (insert the full name of the Minister), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade, certify that the presence of the following prescribed objects:

(insert a description of the prescribed objects)
on prescribed land or premises, being (insert a description of the land or premises), impairs or (if it were to take place or continue) would impair, the dignity of the mission or of the residence of the head, or another diplomatic agent, of the mission and that its removal would be an appropriate step to prevent the impairment or the continuation of the impairment (here insert a description of the mission or residence).

This certificate was signed (insert time and date of signature) and has effect

 * from that time and date

 * from