MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 87 Returning retained and detained things
MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 (NO. 15, 2013) - SECT 87
Returning retained and detained things(1) A retained thing, or a detained vessel or detained aircraft (also the thing ), must be returned to:
(a) the owner of the thing; or
(b) the person who had possession or control of the thing immediately before it was retained or detained.
(2) The thing must be returned within:
(a) 28 days after it is retained or detained; or
(b) that period as extended under section 88.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if:
(a) the thing has been disposed of under an Australian law; or
(b) the thing has been seized under an Australian law; or
(c) notice of Commonwealth ownership of the thing has been given.