COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 135Q Recovery of reasonable costs of seizing consumer goods or equipment

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010 - SECT 135Q

  (1)   If an inspector seizes consumer goods or equipment under a search warrant:

  (a)   the person from whom the consumer goods were seized, or the equipment was seized; or

  (b)   if that person is not entitled to possess the consumer goods or equipment--the owner of the consumer goods or equipment;

is liable to pay an amount equal to the costs reasonably incurred by the inspector in seizing the consumer goods or equipment.

  (2)   An amount payable by a person under subsection   (1):

  (a)   is a debt due by the person to the Commonwealth; and

  (b)   may be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.