Queensland Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 463

463 Forfeiture of seized thing on conviction

(1) Despite section 462 , if the owner of the seized thing is convicted of an offence for which the thing was retained as evidence, the court may order its forfeiture to—

(a) if the authorised person exercised the power of seizure in the enforcement of a matter devolved to a local government—the local government; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply—the State.

(2) The forfeited thing becomes the property of the local government or State and may be destroyed or disposed of as directed by the administering executive.

(3) This section does not limit the court’s powers under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 or any other law.