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REGULATORY POWERS (STANDARD PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 (NO. 93, 2014) - SECT 49

General investigation powers

                   The following are the investigation powers that an authorised person may exercise in relation to premises under section 48:

                     (a)  if entry to the premises is with the occupier's consent--the power to search the premises and any thing on the premises for the evidential material the authorised person suspects on reasonable grounds may be on the premises;

                     (b)  if entry to the premises is under an investigation warrant:

                              (i)  the power to search the premises and any thing on the premises for the kind of evidential material specified in the warrant; and

                             (ii)  the power to seize evidential material of that kind if the authorised person finds it on the premises;

                     (c)  the power to inspect, examine, take measurements of or conduct tests on evidential material referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

                     (d)  the power to make any still or moving image or any recording of the premises or evidential material referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

                     (e)  the power to take onto the premises such equipment and materials as the authorised person requires for the purpose of exercising powers in relation to the premises;

                      (f)  the powers set out in subsections 50(1) and (2), subsection 51(2) and section 52.



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