OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 55 Notice of seizure

OLYMPIC INSIGNIA PROTECTION ACT 1987 - SECT 55

  (1)   As soon as practicable after goods are seized under section   54, the Comptroller - General of Customs must give the designated owner and each objector, by any means of communication (including by electronic means), a notice identifying the goods and stating that they have been seized under section   54.

  (2)   A notice under subsection   (1) that is given to each objector must also:

  (a)   state the name and the address of the place of business or residence of the designated owner (if known), unless the Comptroller - General of Customs is satisfied, for reasons of confidentiality, that it is not desirable to do so; and

  (b)   state that the goods will be released to the designated owner unless:

  (i)   an application for an injunction under section   41 in relation to the goods is made by the objector, or by one of the objectors, within the period of 10 working days beginning on a specified day; and

  (ii)   written notice of the making of the application is given to the Comptroller - General of Customs within that period.

  (3)   The day specified for the purpose of subparagraph   (2)(b)(i) must not be earlier than the day on which the notice is given.

  (4)   An objector may, by written notice given to the Comptroller - General of Customs before the end of the period specified in a notice for the purposes of subparagraph   (2)(b)(i), request that the period be extended.

  (5)   If:

  (a)   a request is made in accordance with subsection   (4); and

  (b)   the Comptroller - General of Customs is satisfied that it is reasonable that the request be granted;

the Comptroller - General of Customs may extend the period by not more than 10 working days.