Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An inspector must return a seized thing to its owner--
(a) within a reasonable time; or
(b) if a proceeding for an offence involving the thing is started within a reasonable time--at the end of the proceeding and any appeal from the proceeding.
(2) Despite subsection (1), an inspector must immediately return a thing seized as evidence to its owner if the inspector stops being satisfied its continued retention as evidence is necessary.