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(1) Where any person is convicted of any offence against this Act in relation to any radioactive material, the District Court Judge may, in addition to imposing any penalty under section 26 of this Act, order that all radioactive materials owned by that person and in respect which the offence was committed shall be forfeited to Her Majesty, and all such materials shall thereupon be deemed to be forfeited to Her Majesty accordingly.
(2) Where any person is convicted of any offence by reason of his having acted in contravention of or having failed to comply with any provision of section 15 or subsection (6) of section 18 of this Act, the District Court Judge may, in addition to imposing any penalty under section 26 of this Act, order that the irradiating apparatus in respect of which the offence was committed shall be forfeited to Her Majesty, and every such irradiating apparatus shall thereupon be deemed to be forfeited to Her Majesty accordingly.
(3) All radioactive materials and every irradiating apparatus forfeited under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Minister directs.
Compare: 1949 No 42 s 27
In subsection (1) and (2) the reference to a District Court Judge was substituted for a reference to a Magistrate by section 18(2) of the District Courts Amendment Act 1979.