Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00446:section:57
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00446
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 57
Character Range: 71509–73000

57  Release of goods—no application for injunction
 (1) The Comptroller‑General of Customs must release seized goods (other than goods forfeited to the Commonwealth under section 56) to their designated owner at the end of the application period unless, within that period, the objector, or one of the objectors, has:
 (a) made an application for an injunction under section 41 in relation to the goods; and
 (b) given to the Comptroller‑General of Customs written notice of the application.
 (2) The Comptroller‑General of Customs must also release the seized goods to their designated owner if, before the end of the application period, the objector, or each of the objectors, has, by written notice given to the Comptroller‑General of Customs, consented to the release of the goods.
 (3) The Comptroller‑General of Customs may release the seized goods to their designated owner at any time before the end of the application period if:
 (a) the Comptroller‑General of Customs, having regard to information that has come to his or her knowledge after the goods were seized, does not have reasonable grounds for believing that section 36 would be contravened by the importation of the goods; and
 (b) the objector has not, or none of the objectors has, made an application for an injunction under section 41 in relation to the goods.
Note: In obtaining information for the purposes of this section, the Comptroller‑General of Customs must comply with Australian Privacy Principles 3 and 5.