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<Text>An infringing article may be destroyed only if the enforcement officer—</Text>
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<Text>considers it appropriate to do so for the purpose of—</Text>
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<Text>ending the commission of an advertising offence, or</Text>
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<Text>preventing the future commission of such an offence, and</Text>
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<Text>does not consider seizing or concealing the article to be a reasonable alternative course of action in the circumstances.</Text>
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