Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

FOOD ACT 2004 - SECT 58

An authorised officer who seizes a substance or thing must, as soon as practicable after the seizure, give the person from whom the substance or thing was seized written notification of the seizure that includes the following:

        (a)     a description of the substance or thing;

        (b)     the reason for seizing the substance or thing;

        (c)     details of the person's right to make an application to the Local Court under section 65 for an order disallowing the seizure of the substance or thing;

        (d)     if the substance or thing has been removed from the premises where it was seized – the address of the place where the substance or thing is held;

        (e)     the name of the enforcement agency under whose authority the authorised officer is acting.