Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 88T(1) amended by Nos 10/2016 ss 143(1), 179(Sch. 1 item 7.33), 55/2017 s. 47(1).
(1) If, after reasonable enquiries, a port manager is unable to establish the identity or location of the owner of a thing that has been moved under section 88Q(1) or (2), the port manager may dispose of the thing either by gift, sale or destruction of the thing or by otherwise dealing with the thing.
S. 88T(2) amended by Nos 10/2016 ss 143(1), 179(Sch. 1 item 7.33), 55/2017 s. 47(2)(a).
(2) A port manager must not dispose of a thing under subsection (1) unless—
S. 88T(2)(a) amended by Nos 10/2016 s. 143(1), 55/2017 s. 47(2)(b).
(a) the port manager has given notice about the disposal of the thing in a newspaper circulating generally in Victoria and on its website; 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.
S. 88T(4) amended by Nos 10/2016 ss 143(2), 179(Sch. 1 item 7.33), 55/2017 s. 47(3).
(4) If a port manager establishes the identity or location of the owner of a thing that has been moved under section 88Q(1) or (2), the port manager must give the owner notice in writing that the port manager intends to dispose of the thing.
S. 88T(5) amended by Nos 10/2016 ss 143(3), 179(Sch. 1 item 7.33), 55/2017 s. 47(4).
(5) If a port manager gives notice in writing under subsection (4) to the owner and the owner of the thing does not recover the thing from the port manager within 28 days the port 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. 88U inserted by No. 93/2009 s. 12.