Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002

For making an unexplained wealth declaration or a criminal benefits declaration, despite any other Act or any practice relating to hearsay evidence, a court may receive evidence of the opinion of a person who is experienced in the relevant field of speciality or in the investigation of illegal activities involving prohibited plants or dangerous drugs about:

the market value at a particular time of a particular kind of prohibited plant or dangerous drug; or

the amount, or range of amounts, ordinarily paid at a particular time for doing anything in relation to a particular kind of prohibited plant or dangerous drug; or

the relative quality of plant material; or

any other matter on which the court may require guidance.

For subsection (1), persons who are experienced in the matters mentioned in that subsection include:

a police officer; and

a member of the Australian Federal Police or the Australian Crime

an officer of Customs as defined in section 4(1) of the Customs

the DPP; and

a botanist or other plant specialist; and

a person who uses a particular type of drug or grows a particular type of plant.