Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2003 (NO. 57 OF 2003) - SECT 171

If—

        (a)     a thing is seized under this part; and

        (b)     apart from this section, the Territory is required to return the thing to the owner; and

        (c)     there is no owner or the regulator cannot, despite making reasonable efforts, locate the owner;

the regulator may dispose of the thing in the way the regulator considers appropriate.