Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 52(1) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 104.3).
(1) A police officer or an authorised officer, as the case requires, as soon as practicable, must give goods or advertising material seized under section 51 to the Office of Sport and Recreation Victoria.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Office of Sport and Recreation Victoria must retain goods or advertising material seized under section 51 until the goods or advertising material—
(a) are forfeited to the Crown under section 53 or 60; or
(b) are returned to the person from whom they were seized in accordance with section 59; or
(c) are returned to their lawful owner by court order or otherwise.
(3) If goods or advertising material seized under section 51 are still being retained under this section 12 months after the date of seizure and no ongoing proceedings in respect of the goods or advertising material are in existence at that date, the goods or advertising material are forfeited to the Crown.
(4) If goods or advertising material are forfeited to the Crown under subsection (3)—
(a) the Minister may direct that the goods or material be disposed of in any manner that the Minister thinks fit; and
(b) if the Minister directs that the goods or material are to be disposed of by sale—
(i) the Minister must consult with the relevant event organiser before that sale; and
(ii) the proceeds of the sale must be paid into the Consolidated Fund.