30Things authorised by a search warrant

30 Things authorised by a search warrant

A search warrant authorises the executing officer and any person assisting that officer: (a) to enter the warrant premises; and (b) if the warrant premises comprise or contain a vessel or vehicle—to stop the vessel or vehicle (where necessary) and to board it and exercise the powers referred to in paragraphs (c) to (f) as powers relating to it as warrant premises or as a part of warrant premises; and (c) to search the warrant premises for the evidential material of the kind stated in the warrant; and (d) to take photographs (including video recordings) of the warrant premises and any thing found at the premises that the officer or person assisting believes on reasonable grounds to be evidential material of that kind; and (e) to seize the thing believed to be the evidential material in relation to the offence to which the warrant relates; and (f) to seize another thing found on the warrant premises in the course of the search that the officer or person assisting believes on reasonable grounds to be: (i) evidential material in relation to an offence to which the warrant relates; or (ii) evidential material in relation to another offence against this Act; if the officer or person assisting believes on reasonable grounds that seizure of the thing is necessary to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction or its use in committing an offence against this Act.