20Offence‑related searches and seizures

20 Offence‑related searches and seizures

(1) If an inspector has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there may be at any premises a particular thing that may be evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act, the inspector may: (a) with the consent of the occupier of the premises; or (b) under a warrant issued under section 22; enter the premises and: (c) search the premises for the thing: and (d) if the thing is found—seize the thing. (2) If, in the course of searching, under a warrant issued under section 22, for a particular thing in relation to a particular offence, an inspector finds another thing that the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, to be: (a) a thing that may be evidence of the commission of the offence, although not the thing stated in the warrant; or (b) a thing that may be evidence of the commission of another offence against this Act; and the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to seize the other thing in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction, or its use in committing, continuing or repeating the offence or the other offence, the warrant is taken to authorise the inspector to seize the other thing.