Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00034:section:242
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00034
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 242
Character Range: 392202–393097

242  Specific powers available to officers executing the warrant
 (1) In executing a *search warrant, the *executing officer or a *person assisting may take photographs (including video recordings) of the *premises or of things at the premises:
 (a) for a purpose incidental to the execution of the warrant; or
 (b) if the occupier of the premises consents in writing.
 (2) The *executing officer and a *person assisting may complete the execution of a *search warrant, provided that the warrant is still in force, after all of them temporarily leave the *premises:
 (a) for not more than one hour; or
 (b) for a longer period if the occupier of the premises consents in writing.
 (3) The execution of a *search warrant may be completed if:
 (a) the execution is stopped by an order of a court; and
 (b) the order is later revoked or reversed on appeal; and
 (c) the warrant is still in force.