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EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 5.8.3M

Receipt must be given for any thing seized

S. 5.8.3M(1) amended by No. 6/2024 s. 17(1).

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), an authorised officer must not seize a thing, document or device apparently in the possession or custody of a person under this Subdivision unless the authorised officer gives the person a receipt for the thing, document or device seized that—

        (a)     identifies the thing, document or device; and

        (b)     states the name of the officer and the reason why the thing, document or device is being seized.

S. 5.8.3M(2) substituted by No. 6/2024 s. 17(2).

    (2)     If an authorised officer is unable to discover the identity of the lawful owner of a thing, document or device seized under this Subdivision, or the person from whose custody the thing, document or device is seized under this Subdivision, the authorised officer must leave a receipt for the thing, document or device seized at the premises that—

        (a)     identifies the thing, document or device; and

        (b)     states the name of the officer and the reason why the thing, document or device is being seized.

S. 5.8.3N inserted by No. 71/2010 s. 44.



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