Criminal Property Forfeiture Act 2002

A reference in this Act to dealing with property includes a reference to doing or attempting to do any of the following:

sell the property or give it away;

dispose of the property in any other way;

move or use the property;

accept the property as a gift;

take any profit, benefit or proceeds from the property;

create, increase or alter any legal or equitable right or obligation in relation to the property;

effect a change in the effective control of the property.

In subsection (1), a reference to the use of property does not include reasonable and necessary use for ordinary daily requirements of life.

Subsection (1) does not prevent:

the renewal of a pre-existing lease agreement over land; or

the issue of a notice of default by a landlord or mortgagee, and the exercise of the landlord or mortgagee's rights, under the terms of the lease or mortgage, as the case may be.