State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971

This section applies if a person is convicted of an offence against this Act by a court.

The court may make an order (a disposal order), on its own initiative or on an application by the prosecution, for the disposal of any of the following things owned by the person—

anything that was the subject of, or used to commit, the offence;

another thing the court considers is likely to be used by the person or another person in committing a further offence against this Act.

The court may make a disposal order for a thing—

whether or not the thing has been seized under division 1AD; and

if the thing has been seized—whether or not the thing has been returned to the person who owned the thing immediately before the seizure.

In deciding whether to make a disposal order for a thing, the court—

may require written notice to be given to any person the court considers appropriate, including, for example, a person who may have any property in the thing; and

must hear any submissions that a person claiming to have any property in the thing may wish to make.

The court may make any order it considers appropriate to enforce the disposal order.

This section does not limit the court’s powers under another law.