Power to seize things
89 Power to seize things
An authorised person who enters premises under this part with the occupier’s consent may seize anything at the premises if seizure of the thing is consistent with the purpose of the entry told to the occupier when seeking the occupier’s consent.
An authorised person who enters premises under a warrant may seize anything at the premises that they are authorised to seize under the warrant.
An authorised person who enters premises under this part may seize anything at the premises if they believe on reasonable grounds that—
the thing is connected with an offence against this Act; and
the seizure of the thing is necessary to prevent it from being—
concealed, lost or destroyed; or
used to commit, continue or repeat the offence.
Having seized a thing, the authorised person may—
remove the thing from the premises where it was seized; or
leave the thing at the premises but restrict access to it.
A person commits an offence if—
the person interferes with a seized thing, or anything containing a seized thing, to which access has been restricted under subsection (4) (b); and
the person does not have an authorised person’s approval to interfere with the thing.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.
An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
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