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Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act 2025

Permits, enforcement, and regulations for protected areas - Monitoring and enforcement - Forfeiture

71: Other matters relating to forfeiture

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When property is forfeited, you do not have to be paid for your interest in it, except for the net proceeds of sale under a court order made under section 70. The Director-General and their employees can go to court to help the court make a decision about an application for relief. If property is forfeited under section 65 or 66, or if money or property is paid under section 70(1), this is in addition to any other penalty the court or Act may impose.

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Monitoring and enforcement: Forfeiture

71Other matters relating to forfeiture

  1. Sections 68 to 70 do not require the Crown to pay, or secure the payment of, any sum of money to any person claiming an interest in forfeited property, other than the net proceeds of sale of forfeited property under a court order made under section 70.

  2. For the purpose of assisting the court in determining any application for relief, the Director-General and any employee or agent of the department are entitled to appear before the court and be heard.

  3. Any forfeiture under section 65 or 66, or any payment of a sum of money or delivery of property under section 70(1) to persons claiming an interest, must be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other penalty that may be imposed by the court or by this Act.