Criminal Assets Confiscation Act 2005

A person who claims an interest in property covered by an application for a forfeiture order may appear and adduce evidence at the hearing of the application.

If the application relates to a person's conviction of a serious offence, a court may, in determining the application, have regard to—

the transcript of any proceedings against the person for—

that offence; or

if the person is taken to be convicted of the offence because of section 5(1)(c)—the other offence referred to in that paragraph; and

any evidence given in the proceedings.

The court may make a forfeiture order if a person entitled to be given notice of the relevant application fails to appear at the hearing of the application.