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MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE ACT 1994 - SECT 87RL
Return of seized thing
87RL Return of seized thing
(1) This section applies if a seized thing is not forfeited or transferred
under subdivision 3 or 4 .
(2) As soon as the commission stops being
satisfied there are reasonable grounds for retaining the thing, the commission
must return it to its owner.
(3) If the thing is not returned to its owner
within 3 months after it was seized, the owner may apply to the commission for
its return.
(4) Within 30 days after receiving the application, the
commission must— (a) if the commission is satisfied there are reasonable
grounds for retaining the thing and decides to retain it—give the owner an
information notice for the decision; or
(b) otherwise—return the thing to
the owner.
(5) For this section, there are reasonable grounds for retaining a
seized thing if— (a) the thing is being, or is likely to be, examined; or
(b) the thing is needed, or may be needed, for the purposes of— (i) a
proceeding for an offence against this Act or the National Injury Act that is
likely to be started or that has been started but not completed; or
(ii) an
appeal from a decision in a proceeding for an offence against this Act or the
National Injury Act ; or
(c) it is not lawful for the owner to possess the
thing.
(6) Subsection (5) does not limit the grounds that may be reasonable
grounds for retaining the seized thing.
(7) Nothing in this section affects a
lien or other security over the seized thing.
(8) In this section—
"examine" includes analyse, test, measure, weigh, grade, gauge and identify.
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