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BIOSECURITY ACT 2019 (NO. 22 OF 2019) - SECT 56

Division 5 - Functions in relation to seized things Interpretation

(1)  In this Division –
owner , in relation to a thing, includes any person entitled to possession of the thing.
(2)  For the purposes of this Division, the continued retention of a seized thing in custody is no longer justified if –
(a) it is not, or is no longer, necessary to retain the thing to assess, prevent, eliminate, minimise, control or manage a biosecurity risk posed by or in relation to the thing; and
(b) it is not, or is no longer, necessary to retain the thing as evidence of an offence.



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