if:
- (c)
- the * DPP applies for the order; and
- (d)
- there are reasonable grounds to suspect that:
- (i)
- a person has committed a * serious offence; and
- (ii)
- if the offence is not a * terrorism offencethe offence was
committed within the 6 years preceding the application, or since the
application was made; and
- (e)
- any affidavit requirements in subsection (3) for the application have
been met; and
- (f)
- the court is satisfied that the * authorised officer who made the
affidavit holds the suspicion or suspicions stated in the affidavit on
reasonable grounds.
- Note: A court can refuse to make a restraining order if the Commonwealth
refuses to give an undertaking: see section 21.
Property that a restraining order may cover
(2) The order must specify, as
property that must not be disposed of or otherwise dealt with, the property
specified in the application for the order, to the extent that the court is
satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that that property is
any one or more of the following:
- (a)
- all or specified property of the *
suspect;
- (b)
- all property of the suspect other than specified property;
- (c)
- specified property of another person (whether or not that other person's
identity is known) that is subject to the * effective control of the suspect;
- (d)
- specified property of another person (whether or not that other person's
identity is known) that is:
- (i)
- in any case * proceeds of the offence; or
- (ii)
- if the offence to which the order relates is a * terrorism
offencean * instrument of the offence.
Affidavit requirements
(3) The application for the order must be supported by
an affidavit of an * authorised officer stating:
- (a)
- that:
- (i)
- the authorised officer suspects that the * suspect committed the offence
within the 6 years preceding the application, or since the application was
made; or
- (ii)
- the offence is a * terrorism offence; and
- (b)
- if the application is to restrain property of a person other than the
suspectthat the authorised officer suspects that:
- (i)
- the property is subject to the * effective control of the suspect; or
- (ii)
- in any casethe property is * proceeds of the offence; or
- (iii)
- if the offence to which the order relates is a
terrorism offencethe property is an * instrument of the offence.
The affidavit must include the grounds on which the * authorised officer holds
those suspicions.
Restraining order need not be based on commission of a particular offence
(4)
The reasonable grounds referred to in paragraph (1)(d) need not be based
on a finding as to the commission of a particular * serious offence.
Risk of
property being disposed of etc.
(5) The court must make a * restraining order
even if there is no risk of the property being disposed of or otherwise dealt
with.
Later acquisitions of property
(6) The court may specify that a *
restraining order covers property that is acquired by the * suspect after the
court makes the order. Otherwise, no property that is acquired after a court
makes a restraining order is covered by the order.