549Seizing thing or sample taken for examination under s 500

549 Seizing thing or sample taken for examination under s 500

549 Seizing thing or sample taken for examination under s 500

An authorised officer who takes a thing or sample for examination under section 500(1)(c) may, after examining it, seize the thing or sample if—

(a) the officer reasonably believes the thing or sample is evidence of an offence against this Law; and

(b) had the officer had the reasonable belief when the thing or sample was taken, the officer could have seized the thing or the thing from which the sample was taken under section 545 to 548.