Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) If, after reasonable enquiries, a waterway manager is unable to establish the identity or location of the owner of a thing that has been moved under section 219A(1) or (2), the waterway manager may dispose of the thing either by gift, sale or destruction of the thing or by otherwise dealing with the thing.
(2) A waterway manager must not dispose of a thing under subsection (1) unless—
(a) the waterway manager has given notice about the disposal of the thing in a newspaper circulating generally in Victoria and on the manager's Internet site; and
(b) 28 days have expired since the giving of the notice.
(3) The requirements of subsection (2) do not apply to the disposal of a thing that is perishable.
(4) If a waterway manager establishes the identity or location of the owner of a thing that has been moved under section 219A(1) or (2), the waterway manager must give the owner notice in writing that the waterway manager intends to dispose of the thing.
(5) If a waterway manager gives notice in writing under subsection (4) to the owner and the owner of the thing does not recover the thing from the waterway manager within 28 days the waterway manager may dispose of the thing after the 28 days have expired, either by gift, sale or destruction of the thing or by otherwise dealing with the thing.
(6) The requirements of subsection (5) do not apply to the disposal of a thing that is perishable.
S. 219E inserted by No. 55/2017 s. 22.