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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 31

Application to exclude property from a restraining order after restraining order has been made

  (1)   A person may apply for an order under section   29 or 29A if a * restraining order that covers property in which the person claims an * interest has been made.

  (1A)   An application under subsection   (1):

  (a)   must be made to the court that made the * restraining order; and

  (b)   may be made at any time after the restraining order is made.

  (2)   However, unless the court gives leave, the person cannot apply if he or she:

  (a)   was notified of the application for the * restraining order, but did not appear at the hearing of that application; or

  (b)   appeared at the hearing of that application.

  (3)   The court may give the person leave to apply if the court is satisfied that:

  (a)   if paragraph   (2)(a) applies--the person had a good reason for not appearing; or

  (b)   if paragraph   (2)(b) applies--the person now has evidence relevant to the person's application that was not available to the person at the time of the hearing; or

  (c)   in either case--there are other special grounds for granting the leave.

  (4)   The person must give written notice to the * responsible authority of both the application and the grounds on which the exclusion is sought.

  (5)   The * responsible authority may appear and adduce evidence at the hearing of the application.

  (6)   The * responsible authority must give the person notice of any grounds on which it proposes to contest the application. However, the authority need not do so until it has had a reasonable opportunity to conduct * examinations in relation to the application.



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