New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ACT 1985 - SECT 47

47 Forfeiture

(1) Where a person is convicted of an offence against this Act or the regulations, the court may order forfeiture to the Crown of:

(a) all or any part of the chemical or chemical waste in respect of which the offence was committed, or

(b) any container of that chemical or waste,

if the court finds it to be the property of the person so convicted and, upon the making of the order, the chemical, waste or container becomes the property of the Crown.

(2) Subject to section 48, on application made by or on behalf of the Minister in the prescribed manner, the Local Court may order forfeiture to the Crown of any substance or container that has been seized by an authorised officer under section 45 (1) (h) and, upon the making of the order, the substance or container becomes the property of the Crown.