❓ Hon Giz Watson requests detailed information on confiscation actions under the Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000. The Police provide aggregate data but defer detailed responses to the Office of the DPP, citing resource constraints.
AnsweredQoN 5122Legislative Council
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For each confiscation action under the
Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000
instituted or continued by police since 1 January 2009, will the Minister please provide full details regarding -
(a) the nature of the confiscation offence;
(b) the sentence imposed on the offender for the confiscation offence;
(c) the police assessment regarding each factor considered in deciding whether to institute or continue the confiscation action;
(d) whether the property that was the subject of the confiscation action was subject to a mortgage with an innocent third party;
(e) the extent of any legal or equitable interest held by a third party in the property that was the subject of the confiscation action; and
(f) whether the property that was the subject of the confiscation action was substituted property.
Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000
instituted or continued by police since 1 January 2009, will the Minister please provide full details regarding -
(a) the nature of the confiscation offence;
(b) the sentence imposed on the offender for the confiscation offence;
(c) the police assessment regarding each factor considered in deciding whether to institute or continue the confiscation action;
(d) whether the property that was the subject of the confiscation action was subject to a mortgage with an innocent third party;
(e) the extent of any legal or equitable interest held by a third party in the property that was the subject of the confiscation action; and
(f) whether the property that was the subject of the confiscation action was substituted property.
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
1 May 2012
Responded by
Minister for Energy representing the Minister for Police
Response time
56 days
(a) Since 1 January 2009 Western Australia Police has initiated the following Criminal Property Confiscation Act 2000 actions:
Crime used grounds - 401 applications;
Crime derived grounds - 331 applications; and
Drug Trafficker grounds - 535 applications.
(b) The request for this information should be referred to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(c - d) The responses required for these questions would take a significant amount of time to collate. The Commissioner of Police has advised he is not prepared to divert valuable resources away from core policing activities.
(e - f) The request for this information should be referred to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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Crime used grounds - 401 applications;
Crime derived grounds - 331 applications; and
Drug Trafficker grounds - 535 applications.
(b) The request for this information should be referred to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(c - d) The responses required for these questions would take a significant amount of time to collate. The Commissioner of Police has advised he is not prepared to divert valuable resources away from core policing activities.
(e - f) The request for this information should be referred to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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