Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) If, after a fortification removal notice is given under section 20H, the fortifications at the premises concerned are not, within the period specified in the fortification removal notice or any further period allowed by the Commissioner, removed or modified to the extent necessary to satisfy the Commissioner that the premises are no longer heavily fortified, the Commissioner may cause the fortifications to be removed or modified to the extent required by the fortification removal notice.
(2) The Commissioner may extend the period allowed by the notice if, before that period elapses, application is made to the Commissioner for it to be extended.
(3) The Commissioner under subsection (1) may authorise police officers together with such other persons as the police officers require, without warrant or further notice, to enter the premises and secure them in order to do anything for the purposes of that subsection, and to use any force and employ any equipment necessary.
(4) The Commissioner may seize anything that can be salvaged in the course of removing or modifying fortifications under this section, and may sell or dispose of it by public auction or public tender as the Commissioner considers appropriate.
(5) The proceeds of any sale under subsection (4) are forfeited to the State and, to the extent that they are insufficient to meet the costs incurred by the Commissioner under this section, the Commissioner may recover those costs as a debt due from the owner of the premises.