30Dealing with seized things

#### 30 Dealing with seized things 30 Dealing with seized things > > (1) If an authorised officer seizes anything under section 27 on any premises, the authorised officer must issue the person apparently in charge of the premises with a written receipt for the thing seized. > > > (2) An authorised officer may retain anything seized under section 27 until the completion of any proceedings (including proceedings on appeal) in which it may be evidence. > > > (3) A record may only be retained under subsection (2) if the person from whom the record was seized is provided, within a reasonable time after the seizure, with a copy of the record certified by the authorised officer as a true copy. The copy is, as evidence, of equal validity to the document of which it is certified to be a copy. > > > (4) Subsection (2) ceases to have effect in relation to anything seized if, on the application of a person aggrieved by the seizure, the court in which proceedings referred to in that subsection are commenced so orders. > > > (5) For the removal of any doubt, anything seized under section 27 may be used as evidence in proceedings for an offence under this or any other Act. > > **s 30:** Am 2022 No 59, Sch 1.20\[8\].