Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000

The following are to be paid into the Confiscation Proceeds Account —

money that, under this Act, is paid to the State, recovered by the State or confiscated;

proceeds of the disposal of other confiscated property;

money paid to the State under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1987 of the Commonwealth from the Confiscated Assets Reserve established under that Act or any other fund established for a similar purpose under a law of the Commonwealth;

money that the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 80J(7)(j)(ii) requires to be paid to the credit of the account.

Money may be paid out of the Confiscation Proceeds Account at the direction of the Attorney General, as reimbursement or otherwise —

for a purpose associated with the administration of this Act; and

for the development and administration of programmes or activities designed to prevent or reduce drug‑related criminal activity and the abuse of prohibited drugs; and

to provide support services and other assistance to victims of crime; and

to carry out operations authorised by the Commissioner of Police for the purpose of identifying or locating persons involved in the commission of a confiscation offence; and

to carry out operations authorised by the Commissioner of Police or the CCC for the purpose of identifying or locating confiscable property; and

to cover any costs of storing, seizing or managing frozen or confiscated property that are incurred by the Police Force, the DPP, the CCC or a person appointed under this Act to manage the property; and

for any other purposes in aid of law enforcement.