Professional Engineers Act 2002

The board may decide a thing that has been seized under this division is forfeited to the board if the board or an investigator—

after making reasonable inquiries, can not find an owner; or

after making reasonable efforts, can not return it to an owner; or

reasonably believes it is necessary to keep the thing to prevent it being used to commit the offence for which it was seized.

However, for subsection (1)(a) and (b), the board or investigator is not required to—

make inquiries if it would be unreasonable to make inquiries to find an owner; or

make efforts if it would be unreasonable to make efforts to return the thing to an owner.Example for paragraph (b)—

Regard must be had to the thing’s condition, nature and value in deciding—

whether it is reasonable to make inquiries or efforts; and

if inquiries or efforts are made—what inquiries or efforts, including the period over which they are made, are reasonable.