Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) A police officer or a police custody officer who seizes an article or substance under Part 9A of the Act (other than under section 104DB(2) of the Act) must provide a receipt to the person from whom it was seized.
(2) A police custody officer who seizes an article or substance under section 104DB(2) of the Act must provide a receipt to the person from whom it was seized if the person from whom the article or substance was seized—
(a) is being supervised at a police gaol; or
(b) is being transported to a police gaol and an officer in charge of a police gaol has made a direction under regulation 100D(2), (3) or (4)(b) or (c) in relation to the article or substance; or
(c) is being transported to, or supervised at, a place other than a police gaol and an officer in charge of a police gaol has made a direction under regulation 100D(2), (3) or (5)(b) in relation to the article or substance.
(3) A receipt must contain—
(a) a description of the seized article or substance, including the quantity (if known); and
(b) the name of the person from whom the article or substance was seized (if known); and
(c) any information about the ownership of the article or substance, which is available at the time of providing the receipt, including—
(i) information that another person is or may be the owner of the article or substance; and
(ii) the name and address of that other person (if that information is provided by the person from whom the article or substance was seized); and
(d) the time and date of the seizure; and
(e) information about how the article or substance is intended to be dealt with (if known); and
(f) the name and signature of the police officer or police custody officer who seized the article or substance.
(4) A police officer or police custody officer who is required to provide a receipt under this regulation must do so as soon as reasonably practicable.
Reg. 100C inserted by S.R. No. 46/2019 reg. 6.