Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SYDNEY 2000 GAMES (INDICIA AND IMAGES) PROTECTION ACT 1996 No. 22, 1996 - SECT 36

(1) The CEO must release seized goods (not being goods forfeited to the
Commonwealth under section 35) to their designated owner at the end of the
application period unless, within that period, the objector, or one of the
objectors, has:

   (a)  made an application for an injunction under section 43 in relation to
        the goods; and

   (b)  given to the CEO written notice of the application.

(2) The CEO must also release the seized goods to their designated owner if,
before the end of the application period, the objector, or each of the
objectors, has, by written notice given to the CEO, consented to the release
of the goods.

(3) The CEO may release the seized goods to their designated owner at any time
before the end of the application period if:

   (a)  the CEO, having regard to information that has come to his or her
        knowledge after the goods were seized, does not have reasonable
        grounds for believing that section 12 would be contravened by the
        importation of the goods; and

   (b)  the objector has not, or none of the objectors has, made an
        application for an injunction under section 43 in relation to the
        goods. Note: In obtaining information for the purposes of this
        section, the CEO must comply with Principles 1, 2 and 3 in section 14
        of the Privacy Act 1988.