Section 343D of the Principal Act is amended -

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of "Subject to subsection (4), before" for "Before", and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (3):

"(4) A bureau officer may give a notice of attachment for the purposes of this Part to an investigated person in respect of a relevant amount without giving the investigated person notice under subsection (1) or (3).

(5) A notice of attachment given in accordance with subsection (4) shall be deemed for the purposes of this Part to be a notice of attachment given by the Minister under this Part.

(6) In this section, 'investigated person' means an overpaid person to whom an investigation under section 5(1)(c) or (d) of the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 relates.".