Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00345:clause:6_278
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00345
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 278
Character Range: 193724–194677

278  Effect of agreeing to forfeit a thing to the Commonwealth
  If:
 (a) a person is given a forfeiture notice for:
 (i) an alleged contravention; or
 (ii) multiple alleged contraventions; and
 (b) the owner of the thing to which the notice relates agrees, in accordance with the notice, to forfeit the thing to the Commonwealth; and
 (c) the notice has not been withdrawn;
then:
 (d) any liability of the person for the alleged contravention or contraventions is discharged; and
 (e) proceedings seeking a civil penalty order or orders may not be brought in relation to the alleged contravention or contraventions; and
 (f) the person is not regarded as having admitted guilt or liability for the alleged contravention or contraventions; and
 (g) the person may not be prosecuted in a court for an offence that is constituted by conduct that is the same, or substantially the same, as the conduct alleged to constitute a contravention in the notice.