Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00189:body:0:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00189
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 12393–14875

warrants and warrants to arrest') grant a search warrant authorising the special constable named in the warrant, with such assistance as is necessary and reasonable and, if necessary and reasonable by force:
 (a) in relation to premises:
 (i) to enter premises; and
 (ii) to search the premises; and
 (iii) to examine or photograph, or make another record of, or secure, the premises or a thing found on the premises; and
 (iv) to take samples of the thing (including parts of premises); and
 (v) to seize and remove a thing found in the search that he or she reasonably believes to be connected with an offence; and
 (vi) to take extracts from, or make copies of, a document found on the premises; and
 (b) in relation to a person:
 (i) to search the person; and
 (ii) to enter and search premises where the person is or was, within the period of 24 hours before the search commenced, located.

 (4) A special constable may give effect to a search warrant at any time in the period beginning when the warrant takes effect and ending at the end of:
 (a) 7 days after the day on which the warrant has effect; or
 (b) an earlier day stated in the warrant.

 (5) A special constable who gives effect to a search warrant must produce the warrant, or a copy of the warrant, for inspection by:
 (a) the person to be searched in accordance with the warrant; or
 (b) the person apparently in charge of the premises to which the warrant relates;
and, if the constable does not do so, he or she is not authorised to give effect to the warrant.

 (6) Subsection (3) does not prevent the grant of successive warrants in relation to the same premises or person.

 (7) Subsection (5) does not apply if the actions of the person make it impracticable for the special constable to produce the search warrant or a copy of the warrant.

 (8) A search warrant must be in accordance with Form 1.

9 Things that have been seized

 (1) If:
 (a) a thing is seized under this Ordinance; and
 (b) proceedings for an offence for which the thing may be evidence are not begun within the period of 60 days from the day on which the person charged with the offence first arrives in Australia after leaving the Territory;
at the end of that period, or such longer period as may be determined by a Magistrate on application, the thing must be returned to the person from whom it was seized or (if that person is not entitled to possess it) to its owner.

 (2) If:
 (a) a thing is seized under this Ordinance; and