Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00761:clause:2_268cr
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00761
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 268CR
Character Range: 36783–37648

268CR  Powers without warrant in emergency situations

 (1) This section applies when an authorised officer is on premises under section 268CA if the officer reasonably suspects that:
 (a) a thing relevant to an offence against this Act or the regulations, the Crimes Act 1914 or the Criminal Code is on the premises; and
 (b) it is necessary to exercise a power under subsection (2) in order to prevent the thing from being concealed, lost or destroyed; and
 (c) it is necessary to exercise the power without the authority of a monitoring warrant because the circumstances are so serious and urgent.

 (2) The authorised officer may:
 (a) search the premises, and any receptacle on the premises, for the thing; and
 (b) seize the thing if he or she finds it there; and
 (c) exercise the powers mentioned in subsections 268CI(2) and (3) in relation to the thing.