Criminal Assets Confiscation Act 2005

A court making a forfeiture order specifying a person's property must make an order directing the Crown to pay a specified amount to a specified dependant, or dependants, of the person if—

the forfeiture order is not one to which section 47(1)(a) applies; and

the court is satisfied—

the forfeiture order would cause hardship to the dependant; and

the specified amount would relieve that hardship; and

if the dependant is aged at least 18 years—the dependant had no knowledge (at the time of the conduct) of the person's conduct that is the subject of the forfeiture order.

The specified amount must not exceed the difference between—

the amount the court considers likely to be received from disposing of the person's property under the forfeiture order; and

the amount the court considers likely to be the costs of administering this Act (referred to in section 209(1)) in connection with the forfeiture order.