Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) a seized thing has some intrinsic value; and
(b) it is lawful for the owner to possess the thing.
(2) The major event organiser must return the seized thing to an owner—
(a) generally—at the end of 6 months after the seizure; or
(b) if a proceeding for an offence involving the thing is started within the 6 months—at the end of the proceeding and any appeal from the proceeding.
(3) However, if the thing was seized as evidence, the authorised person must return the seized thing to an owner as soon as practicable after the authorised person is satisfied the thing is no longer necessary to retain the thing as evidence.
(4) If a seized thing has been destroyed, the major event organiser must pay, to the thing's owner, compensation—
(a) equal to the market value of the thing when the thing was seized; and
(b) for any other loss or damage incurred by the owner as a result of the seizure.
(5) This section does not affect a lien or other security over the seized thing.
(6) In this section—
destroyed, for a seized thing, includes damaged to the extent that the thing is no longer fit for its designed use.