Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00585:clause:1_66ai
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00585
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 66AI
Character Range: 134689–135985

66AI  Searches without warrant in emergency situations

 (1) This section applies if a quarantine officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that:
 (a) particular evidential material is in or on a vessel or vehicle; and
 (b) it is necessary to exercise a power under subsection (2) in order to prevent the evidential material being concealed, lost or destroyed; and
 (c) it is necessary to exercise the power without the authority of a warrant under section 66AF because the circumstances are serious and urgent.

 (2) The quarantine officer may:
 (a) stop and detain the vessel or vehicle; and
 (b) search the vessel or vehicle and any thing in or on it for the evidential material; and
 (c) seize the evidential material if he or she finds it there.

 (3) If, in the course of searching for the evidential material, the quarantine officer finds other evidential material, the officer may seize the other evidential material if he or she suspects, on reasonable grounds, that:
 (a) it is necessary to seize it in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction; and
 (b) it is necessary to seize it without the authority of a warrant under section 66AF because the circumstances are serious and urgent.

 (4) The quarantine officer must exercise his or her powers subject to section 66AJ.