Competition and Consumer Act 2010

If a court is satisfied that:

a person possesses or has control of consumer goods of a particular kind; and

any of the following apply:

the consumer goods do not comply with a safety standard that is in force for consumer goods of that kind and the cause of that non‑compliance cannot be remedied;

a permanent ban on consumer goods of that kind is in force;

a recall notice for consumer goods of that kind is in force and a defect or dangerous characteristic of such consumer goods identified in the notice cannot be remedied;

The court may make an order under subsection (1) authorising one or more inspectors to do the following in accordance with any requirements specified in the order:

to enter the premises of the person that are specified in the order;

to search the premises for consumer goods of a kind specified in the order;

to seize any such consumer goods that are found at those premises;

to destroy or otherwise dispose of any such consumer goods that are so seized.

Before making an application under subsection (1), the inspector must:

take reasonable steps to discover who has an interest in the consumer goods; and

if it is practicable to do so, notify each person whom the inspector believes to have such an interest of the proposed application.

A person notified under subsection (3) is entitled to be heard in relation to the application.