FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 178 Dealing with forfeited things

FISHERIES ACT 1994 - SECT 178

178 Dealing with forfeited things

(1) On the forfeiture of a thing (including fisheries resources or net proceeds of sale), the thing becomes the property of the State and may be dealt with by the chief executive as the chief executive considers appropriate.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the chief executive may—

(a) sell it to its previous owner or a person who had a legal or beneficial interest in it; or

(b) sell it to anyone else (by auction, tender or otherwise); or

(c) destroy it or give it away.