Section 135V — Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

Power of inspectors to secure consumer goods

If:

(a) an embargo notice relates to consumer goods; and

(b) the inspector who gives the notice believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to secure the consumer goods in order to ensure that the notice is complied with;

the inspector may, during the embargo period for the embargo notice, do anything that the inspector thinks is necessary to secure those consumer goods (whether by locking them up, placing a guard or otherwise).

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 22 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 135S — Embargo notices
s 135T — Embargo period for embargo notices
s 135U — Multiple embargo notices for the same consumer goods or product related services
s 135W — Power of inspectors to secure equipment used to supply product related services
s 135X — Consent to supply etc. embargoed consumer goods etc.
s 135Y — Compliance with embargo notices

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