Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800:section:487g
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 487G
Character Range: 1176580–1177484

487G  Seizing evidence of the contravention of related provisions etc.
 (1) This section applies if an authorised officer enters premises under a search warrant to search for evidential material.
 (2) The search powers include seizing a thing that is not evidential material of the kind specified in the warrant if:
 (a) in the course of searching for the kind of evidential material specified in the warrant, the authorised officer finds the thing; and
 (b) the authorised officer reasonably believes that:
 (i) a related provision has been contravened with respect to the thing; or
 (ii) the thing is evidence of the contravention of a related provision; or
 (iii) the thing is intended to be used for the purpose of contravening a related provision; and
 (c) the authorised officer reasonably believes that it is necessary to seize the thing in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction.