Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

UNCOLLECTED GOODS ACT 1996 - SECT 21

    (1)     Personal effects (other than a personal document) may be disposed of by public auction after 3 months.

    (2)     A personal document may be disposed of—

        (a)     by returning the document to the authority that issued it; or

        (b)     if it is not practicable to return the document to the authority that issued it—in any other lawful way that the possessor thinks appropriate.

    (3)     A personal document must not be disposed of in a way that results in personal information about the owner of the document becoming publicly available.

    (4)     In this section:

"personal document "means any of the following:

        (a)     a birth certificate, passport or other identity document;

        (b)     a bank book or other financial statement or document;

        (c)     a photograph or other personal memorabilia;

        (d)     a licence or other document conferring an authority, right or qualification;

        (e)     a document prescribed by regulation.