Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CLASSIFICATION (PUBLICATIONS, FILMS AND COMPUTER GAMES) ACT 1995 - SECT 107

  (1)   The police officer who is responsible for the seized material (the responsible officer ) must, within 7 days after the day on which the material was seized, serve a seizure notice on:

  (a)   the owner of the material; or

  (b)   if the owner of the material cannot be identified after reasonable inquiries--the person from whom the material was seized.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if:

  (a)   both:

  (i)   the owner of the material cannot be identified after reasonable inquiries; and

  (ii)   the material was not seized from a person; or

  (b)   it is not possible to serve the person required to be served under subsection   (1).

  (3)   The seizure notice must:

  (a)   identify the material; and

  (b)   state the date on which the material was seized; and

  (c)   state the ground or grounds on which the material was seized; and

  (d)   explain the procedures for the possible return of the material set out in sections   108 and 109; and

  (e)   provide contact details for the responsible officer; and

  (f)   state that, if the material is not returned to the owner under section   108 or 109, it is forfeited to the Commonwealth.