ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 447 Direction to deliver seizable items
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 447
Direction to deliver seizable items(1) An authorised officer may direct a person to deliver to the officer, or to another person specified in the direction, a thing that the officer is authorised to seize under a warrant issued under Division 4 or under section 445.
(b) be given to the person who is directed to deliver the thing, who must be:
(i) if the thing is a vessel--the person in charge of the vessel, or the vessel's owner; or
(ii) if the thing is an aircraft--the person in charge of the aircraft; or
(iii) otherwise--the person in possession of the thing; and
(c) specify the place at which the delivery is to occur; and
(d) specify the period within which the delivery is to occur.
(3) A person must not fail to comply with a direction under this section.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.
(4) This Part applies to a thing delivered in compliance with a direction under this section as if the thing had been seized under the warrant or section that authorised the officer to seize the thing.
(5) A direction made under subsection (1) is not a
legislative instrument.