Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

CHAPTER 3 - INFORMATION GATHERING  

PART 3-5 - SEARCH AND SEIZURE  

Division 3 - Dealing with things seized  

Subdivision B - Things seized as evidence  

SECTION 257   Authorised officer may apply for a thing to be retained for a further period  

257(1)    
This section applies if an * authorised officer has seized a thing under this Part and proceedings in respect of which the thing might afford evidence have not commenced before the end of:

(a) 60 days after the seizure; or

(b) a period previously specified in an order of a magistrate under this section.

257(2)    
The * authorised officer may apply to a magistrate for an order that the officer may retain the thing for a further period.

257(3)    
Before making the application, the * authorised officer must:

(a) take reasonable steps to discover whose interests would be affected by the retention of the thing; and

(b) if it is practicable to do so, notify each person whom the officer believes to be such a person of the proposed application.