Inspection of purported protected/legal items
154 Inspection of purported protected/legal items
(1) This section applies if a thing that purports to be a protected/legal item is given to a nominated examiner.
(2) The nominated examiner must open (if required) and inspect the thing to the extent reasonably necessary to determine whether:
it is a protected/legal item; and
(b) whether it, or something in it, is a thing that the examiner reasonably believes is a prohibited thing.
(3) As soon as practicable after being given the thing, the nominated examiner must:
(a) advise the General Manager, in writing, of the examiner's findings on inspecting the thing; and
(b) give the thing to the General Manager to be dealt with under section 155.
(4) As soon as practicable after receiving the advice from the nominated examiner, the General Manager must advise the Commissioner, in writing, of the following:
the fact that the thing was confiscated;
the grounds for the belief mentioned in section 153(2)(b);
the findings of the nominated examiner on inspecting the thing;
how the thing was dealt with under section 155.
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