Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00044:section:148:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00044
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 148 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 369078–370521

relates to this Act or the regulations; and
 (ii) it is necessary to secure the thing in order to prevent it from being concealed, lost or destroyed before a warrant to seize the thing is obtained; and
 (iii) the circumstances are serious and urgent.
 (3) For the purposes of this Act, monitoring powers include the power to operate equipment at the premises to see whether:
 (a) the equipment; or
 (b) a data storage device that:
 (i) is at the premises; and
 (ii) can be used with the equipment or is associated with it;
contains information that is relevant to assessing the correctness of information provided under this Act.
 (4) For the purposes of this Act, monitoring powers include the following powers in relation to information described in subsection (3) found in the exercise of the power under that subsection:
 (a) the power to operate facilities at the premises to put the information in documentary form and copy the documents so produced;
 (b) the power to operate facilities at the premises to transfer the information to a disk, tape or other storage device that:
 (i) is brought to the premises for the exercise of the power; or
 (ii) is at the premises and the use of which for the purpose has been agreed in writing by the occupier of the premises;
 (c) the power to remove from the premises a disk, tape or other storage device to which the information has been transferred in exercise of the power under paragraph (b).