(2) The person who made the request to seize or the request to continue detention may apply to the Director-General for the name and contact details of any person connected with the import or proposed export of the seized goods.
(3) The Director-General may provide the requested name and contact details if the Director-General is satisfied that the applicant needs the information to bring an infringement action.
(4) Subsection (3) applies despite any duty of confidentiality imposed by the common law that the Director-General (or his or her delegate) is subject to.
Notice of release
354.—(1) This section applies in any case where the Director-General is required by any provision of this Division to release seized goods to the dealer.
(2) The Director-General must—
- (a) give prior written notice of the release to the dealer; and
- (b) specify in the notice the period within which the dealer must take custody of the seized goods.
(3) If the dealer fails to take custody of the seized goods within the specified period, the seized goods may be disposed of—
- (a) in any prescribed manner; or
- (b) if no manner of disposal is prescribed, as the Director-General directs.
Forfeiture by consent
355.—(1) A dealer may consent to forfeiting seized goods to the Government by giving written notice to the Director-General.
(2) The notice must—
- (a) be given before—
- (i) any infringement action is brought in relation to the seized goods; and
