Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014

This section applies where an authorised person applies to an issuing officer under subsection 51(5) for an extension of the period during which a thing may be secured.

The issuing officer may, by order, grant an extension of the period if the issuing officer is satisfied, by information on oath or affirmation, that it is necessary to secure the thing in order to prevent evidential material from being destroyed, altered or otherwise interfered with.

However, the issuing officer must not grant the extension unless the authorised person or some other person has given to the issuing officer, either orally or by affidavit, such further information (if any) as the issuing officer requires concerning the grounds on which the extension is being sought.

The order extending the period must:

describe the thing to which the order relates; and

state the period for which the extension is granted; and

state that the order is made under this section; and

state that the authorised person is authorised to secure the thing for that period.