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Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014
52Seizing evidence of related provisions
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#### 52 Seizing evidence of related provisions
(1) This section applies if an authorised person enters premises under an investigation warrant to search for evidential material.
(2) The investigation powers include seizing a thing that is not evidential material of the kind specified in the warrant if:
(a) in the course of searching for the kind of evidential material specified in the warrant, the authorised person finds the thing; and
(b) the authorised person believes on reasonable grounds that:
(i) the thing is evidential material of another kind; or
(ii) a related provision has been contravened with respect to the thing; or
(iii) the thing is evidence of the contravention of a related provision; or
(iv) the thing is intended to be used for the purpose of contravening a related provision; and
(c) the authorised person believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to seize the thing in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction.