New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL ASSETS RECOVERY ACT 1990 - SECT 32C

32C Protection of NSW Trustee and Guardian

(1) A person who hinders or obstructs the NSW Trustee and Guardian in the performance of the NSW Trustee and Guardian's functions under a relevant notice or order is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(2) The NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 , section 121 applies to the functions of the NSW Trustee and Guardian under this Act in the same way as it applies to the functions of the NSW Trustee and Guardian under that section.

(3) The NSW Trustee and Guardian is not liable for rates, land tax or other statutory charges--

(a) due on or after the date of the relevant notice or order, and

(b) imposed by or under a law of the State on or in relation to an interest in property of which the NSW Trustee and Guardian has been directed by a relevant notice or order to take control.

(4) Subsection (3) does not extend to the NSW Trustee and Guardian's liability for rates, land tax or other statutory charges for the rents and profits received by the NSW Trustee and Guardian in relation to the property on or after the date of the relevant notice or order.

(5) If the NSW Trustee and Guardian, in accordance with a relevant notice or order, takes control of a business carried on by a person, the NSW Trustee and Guardian is not liable--

(a) for a payment for long service leave for which the person was liable, or

(b) for a payment for long service leave to which a person employed by the NSW Trustee and Guardian in the person's capacity as manager of the business, or the legal representative of the person, becomes entitled after the date of the relevant notice or order, or

(c) to meet, otherwise than out of the income or assets of the business, liabilities and expenses incurred in controlling the business.

(6) In this section--

"NSW Trustee and Guardian" includes staff and agents of the NSW Trustee and Guardian.