Criminal and Found Property Disposal Act 2006 (WA)

Western Australia Criminal and Found Property Disposal Act 2006 Western Australia Criminal and Found Property Disposal Act 2006 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. Interpretation 2 4. This Act's relationship with other Acts 5 Part 2 — General 5. Chief officer deemed to be in possession of certain property 6 6. Chief officer's functions in relation to property 6 Part 3 — Seized property Division 1 — General 7. Interpretation 7 8. Application of this Part 7 9. Authority to retain seized property 7 10. Unauthorised dealing with seized property prohibited 8 Division 2 — Court orders as to seized property 11. Application for release of or permission to deal with seized property 9 12. Dealing with an application made under s. 11 9 13. Court's powers on an application made under s. 11 10 Part 4 — Found property 14. Receipt of property 12 15. Found property that is wholly or partly prohibited property 12 16. Chief officer's functions in relation to found property 13 Part 5 — Disposing of held property 17. Perishable or dangerous property, disposal of 14 18. Unregulated property, disposal of 14 19. Partly prohibited property, disposal of 16 20. Wholly prohibited property, disposal of 18 Part 6 — Determining who is entitled to property 21. When the identity or whereabouts of a person entitled are known 19 22. Measures to ascertain who is entitled 20 23. Finder of property may be taken to be owner in some cases 20 24. Claim to property, making of 20 25. Dealing with claims to property 21 26. Disputed claims etc., application to court may be made 22 27. Courts' powers on disputed claims 22 Part 7 — Disposing of forfeited property 28. Disposal to be delayed until outcome of any appeal 24 29. How forfeited property must be disposed of 24 Part 8 — Miscellaneous 30. Court's powers as to property in possession of prescribed agency 26 31. Delegation by chief officers 27 32. Valuation of property 27 33. Sale of property 28 34. Title to property disposed of under this Act 28 35. Officials protected from personal liability 29 36. Regulations 29 Notes Compilation table 30 Uncommenced provisions table 30 Defined terms Western Australia Criminal and Found Property Disposal Act 2006 An Act to provide for the disposal of — • property seized in the course of certain criminal investigations; and • property that has been found and that is in the possession of the police or certain government agencies, and for related matters. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: