Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

CONFISCATION OF CRIMINAL ASSETS ACT 2003 - SECT 129

    (1)     In this part:

"equitable sharing program" means an arrangement under which all or any of the following happen:

        (a)     the Territory shares with the Commonwealth or a State a proportion of any proceeds of an unlawful activity recovered under a territory law (including this Act), if, in the Minister's opinion, the Commonwealth or that State has made a significant contribution to the recovery of the proceeds or to the investigation or prosecution of the unlawful activity;

        (b)     the Commonwealth or a State shares with the Territory a proportion of any proceeds of an unlawful activity recovered under a law of the Commonwealth or that State, if, in the opinion of the appropriate Minister of the Commonwealth or that State, the Territory has made a significant contribution to the recovery of the proceeds;

        (c)     the Territory shares with a foreign country a proportion of the proceeds of any unlawful activity recovered under a territory law, if, in the Minister's opinion, the foreign country has made a significant contribution to the recovery of the proceeds or to the investigation or prosecution of the unlawful activity.

    (2)     In subsection (1):

"unlawful activity "means an act or omission that is—

        (a)     a relevant offence; or

        (b)     an offence against a law of a foreign country.