---
title: "Commonwealth confiscation role map: AFP taskforce and the CDPP"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/cth-confiscation-role-map"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a20-cth-confiscation-role-map"
area_id: "A20"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A20-T1-R14"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Commonwealth confiscation role map: AFP taskforce and the CDPP

> A role map for Commonwealth criminal confiscation, from the CDPP's criminal confiscation page. It records who the page says may bring the action. It is not a restraining order or a pecuniary penalty application.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/cth-confiscation-role-map  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Criminal Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when a Commonwealth matter may involve restraint or confiscation, to record which agency the CDPP page says has the function. State and territory confiscation Acts were not opened.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare a proceeds-of-crime or asset-restraint response pack](https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/prepare-a-proceeds-of-crime-or-asset-restraint-response-pack.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may record dates and which agency holds the file, from documents the lawyer supplies. The lawyer decides which statute and which applicant apply.

**AI may:**

- Enter the date any restraining order or confiscation action was commenced, if a document states it
- List the agencies named on the brief
- Flag that no restraining-order date has been recorded

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft a restraining order, forfeiture application or pecuniary penalty application
- Must not state the grounds or time limits in the Proceeds of Crime Act. The Act was not opened
- Must not apply a state or territory confiscation Act

**The lawyer checks:**

- Whether a restraining order had been sought when the application was made
- Whether any confiscation action was commenced before 1 January 2003
- Whether the matter is a corruption superannuation application, a prescribed narcotic dealings recovery, or a civil remedy connected with a prosecution

## Authorities

- [Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Criminal confiscation (AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, and the CDPP functions the page retains)](https://www.cdpp.gov.au/prosecution-process/criminal-confiscation)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/cth-confiscation-role-map and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*