228Powers after entering premises

228 Powers after entering premises

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and anything to the contrary set out in a search warrant issued under section 225(2), a person named in the warrant may enter a premises under section 224 and, for the purposes of the investigation, do one or more of the following—

(a) search any part of the premises;

(b) inspect, measure, test, photograph or film any part of the premises or anything at the place;

(c) take a thing, or a sample of or from a thing, at the premises for analysis, measurement or testing;

(d) copy, or take an extract from, a document at the place;

(e) take into or onto the premises any person, equipment and materials which the person named in the warrant reasonably requires for exercising a power under this Act;

(f) require the occupier of the place, or a person at the premises, to give the person named in the warrant reasonable assistance to exercise the person's powers under paragraphs (a) to (e);

S. 228(1)(g) amended by No. 41/2025 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 16.4).

(g) require the occupier of the premises, or a person at the premises, to give the person named in the warrant information to help the named person to conduct the investigation or ascertain whether this Act is being complied with.

(2) An authorised officer may do any of the things mentioned in subsection (1) if the authorised officer reasonably believes that it is necessary to do the thing in order to obtain the evidence relating to a contravention of this Act or the regulations or to conduct the investigation.

(3) When making a requirement referred to in subsection (1)(f) or (g), an authorised officer must warn the person that it is an offence to fail to comply with the requirement unless the person has a reasonable excuse.