Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000

This Act applies to a person’s unexplained wealth whether any property, service, advantage or benefit that is a constituent of the person’s wealth was acquired before or after the commencement of this Act.

This Act applies to criminal benefits, crime‑used property and crime‑derived property —

whether the relevant confiscation offence was committed in Western Australia or elsewhere; and

whether the relevant confiscation offence was committed before or after the commencement of this Act; and

whether or not anyone has been charged with, or convicted of, the relevant confiscation offence; and

if someone has been convicted of the relevant confiscation offence — whether the conviction took place before or after the commencement of this Act.

This Act applies —

to property in Western Australia; and

to the fullest extent of the capacity of the Parliament to make laws with respect to property outside the State, to property outside Western Australia.