Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Where the Director
has conducted a prosecution or appeal and as a result of the proceedings a
person becomes subject to a pecuniary penalty or forfeiture or other order, it
is a function of the Director to take any further proceedings that may be
required to recover the penalty or enforce the forfeiture or order.
(2) It is a function
of the Director —
(a) to
administer any scheme directed to the recovery or forfeiture of the proceeds
of crime or of benefits arising from crime; and
(b)
without limiting paragraph (a), to be the officer principally assisting
the Minister to whom the administration of the Criminal Property Confiscation
Act 2000 is committed in the administration of that Act.
(3) Without limiting
subsection (1), except as otherwise explicitly provided in the
Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 (in this subsection called the
Confiscation Act ), it is a function of the Director to take any
proceedings —
(a) that
arise under the Confiscation Act; or
(b) that
arise from proceedings under the Confiscation Act; or
(c) that
are required to give effect to a freezing notice under the Confiscation Act;
or
(d) that
are required to give effect to an order of a court under the Confiscation Act
or a declaration of a court under the Confiscation Act; or
(e) that
are required to locate or recover any property as defined in the Confiscation
Act that is subject to a freezing notice under the Confiscation Act or a
freezing order under the Confiscation Act, or that has been confiscated under
the Confiscation Act; or
(f) that
are required to give effect to Part 10 of the Confiscation Act; or
(g) that
for any other reason arise from the administration of the Confiscation Act or
are required to give effect to the Confiscation Act.
[Section 16 amended by No. 69 of 2000
s. 12(1) and (2).]