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There are limitation periods in place in respect of applications under each of the relevant Acts. Please refer to the individual Acts in question for specific limitation periods.

The implications of failing to meet these obligations are for want of a better term; draconian, in that (depending of course on the particular Act in question) what they may potentially result in is the loss of a client’s whole estate without a hearing.

A current reading of the relevant Act may not readily identify the problem. For example, sections 92 to 94 of the Commonwealth Proceeds of Crime Act needs to be read conditionally upon a conviction having occurred.