Gene Technology Act 2003

This section applies if an inspector has reasonable grounds for suspecting there may be evidential material on any premises.

The inspector may—

enter the premises, with the consent of the occupier or under a warrant issued under section 173; and

exercise the powers set out in subsection (3) and section 155; and

if the entry is under a warrant and the inspector finds evidential material on the premises—seize the material.

If—

in the course of searching, under a warrant, for a particular thing, an inspector finds another thing that the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, to be evidential material; and

the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to seize that other thing to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction, or its use in committing, continuing or repeating an offence against this Act;