Coroners Act 1993

(1) A coroner who has jurisdiction to investigate a disaster may, with such assistance as the coroner thinks fit:

(a) enter, if necessary with such force as is reasonable, and inspect a place and a thing in it; and

(c) take possession of a thing that the coroner reasonably believes is relevant to the investigation and keep it until the investigation is finished.

(2) A coroner may, in writing, authorise a police officer, at or between specified times during a specified period, to do one or more of the following:

(a) enter, if necessary with such force as is reasonable, a specified place;

(3) A police officer must, on request, produce a copy of the authority mentioned in subsection (2) to the owner or occupier of the place or the person in possession of the document or thing inspected, copied or taken under that subsection.

(4) A coroner may release a thing kept under subsection (2)(d) and may require a person to whom the thing is released to give an undertaking to comply with reasonable conditions of release and the person must comply with the undertaking.

Maximum penalty for an offence against this subsection:

40 penalty units.