New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO) ACT 2008 - SECT 42

42 Destruction of forfeited tobacco

(1) The Secretary is to cause all tobacco products forfeited under this Division to be destroyed.

(2) The person convicted of the offence that resulted in forfeiture of tobacco products is liable to pay to the Secretary the reasonable costs incurred in destroying the tobacco products, and any such costs may be recovered by the Secretary in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown.

(3) In proceedings for recovery of the costs of destroying tobacco products, a certificate signed by the Secretary certifying the amount of those costs and the manner in which they were incurred is evidence of the matters certified.