Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If the
fortifications at the premises are not, within the time specified in the
fortification removal notice or any further time allowed by the Commissioner
of Police, removed or modified to the extent necessary to satisfy the
Commissioner of Police that the premises are no longer heavily fortified, the
Commissioner of Police may cause the fortifications to be removed or modified
to the extent required by the fortification removal notice.
(2) The Commissioner
of Police may extend the time allowed by the notice if, before the time
allowed elapses, application is made to the Commissioner of Police for it to
be extended.
(3) Subsection (1)
authorises police officers and agents of the Commissioner of Police, without
warrant or further notice, to enter the premises and secure them in order to
do anything for the purposes of that subsection, and to use any force and
employ any equipment necessary.
(4) The Commissioner
of Police may seize anything that can be salvaged in the course of removing or
modifying fortifications under this section, and may sell or dispose of it as
the Commissioner of Police considers appropriate.
(5) The proceeds of
any sale under subsection (4) are forfeited to the State and, to the extent
that they are insufficient to meet the costs incurred by the Commissioner of
Police under this section, the Commissioner of Police may recover those costs
as a debt due from the owner of the premises.
[Section 75 inserted: No. 78 of 2003 s. 17.]