Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section does not apply to a thing forfeited to the State.
(2) The inspector must return a seized thing to its owner at the end of—
(a) 6 months; or
(b) if a prosecution for an offence involving it is started within 6 months—the prosecution and any appeal from the prosecution.
(3) Despite subsection (2), the inspector must return the seized thing to its owner immediately the inspector stops being satisfied its retention as evidence is necessary.