23Powers that may be exercised by police officers on entry

23 Powers that may be exercised by police officers on entry

23 Powers that may be exercised by police officers on entry

(1) A police officer may, at any premises lawfully entered under this Division for the purposes of determining whether there has been compliance with, or a contravention of, this Act, do any or all of the following—

(a) examine any document on the premises,

(b) make a copy on the premises of any document and retain that copy,

(c) require any person to make a copy on the premises of any document and give that copy to the police officer to retain,

(d) take such photographs, films, audio, video or other recordings as the police officer considers necessary,

(e) require any person to produce any document on the premises,

(f) require any person to answer any question relating to any document or any other relevant matter,

(g) take any document from the premises for the purposes of copying it,

(h) seize any document or any other thing that the police officer believes on reasonable grounds is connected with an offence against this Act or the regulations.

(2) The power to seize anything connected with an offence includes a power to seize anything that will provide evidence of the commission of an offence.

(3) Any document taken only for the purpose of copying the document must be returned when that copying is completed.