Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00169:section:70
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00169
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 70
Character Range: 196239–197165

70  Powers to search for, and seize, documents relevant to locating etc. property
 (1) A police officer may:
 (a) enter upon land, or upon or into premises;
 (b) search the land or premises for any property‑tracking document in relation to an indictable offence; and
 (c) seize any document found in the course of the search that the police officer believes, on reasonable grounds, to be a property‑tracking document in relation to an indictable offence;
but only if the entry, search or seizure, as the case may be, is made:
 (d)  with the consent of the occupier of the land or premises; or
 (e) under a warrant issued under section 71.
 (2) A police officer is not empowered to do anything under this section after the commencement of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 unless it is done under a search warrant issued under section 71 of this Act for which an application was made under that section before that commencement.