157Powers of authorised officers—seizure

157 Powers of authorised officers—seizure

157 Powers of authorised officers—seizure

(1) An authorised officer may—

(a) seize a thing that the authorised officer has reasonable grounds to believe is connected with a contravention of this Act or the regulations, and

(b) move a seized thing from the place where it is seized or leave the seized thing at the place where it is seized and take reasonable action to restrict access to the thing, and

(c) direct the occupier of the premises where a thing is seized to keep the thing at—

(i) the premises, or

(ii) another place under the control of the occupier.

(2) The power to seize a thing connected with an offence includes a power to seize—

(a) a thing in relation to which the offence has been committed, and

(b) a thing that will afford evidence of the commission of the offence, and

(c) a thing that was used for the purpose of committing the offence.

(3) In this section, a reference to an offence includes a reference to an act or omission that the authorised officer reasonably believes to be an offence.

(4) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a direction under this section.

Maximum penalty for subsection (4)—

(a) for an individual—200 penalty units, or

(b) otherwise—1,000 penalty units.