Search Warrants Act 1997
10Use of equipment to examine or process things
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10 Use of equipment to examine or process things
(1) The executing officer or a person assisting may bring to the warrant premises any equipment reasonably necessary for the examination or processing of a thing found at the premises in order to determine whether it is a thing that may be seized under the warrant.
(2) The executing officer or a person assisting may remove a thing from the warrant premises, or cause a thing to be removed from those premises, to another place for examination or processing in order to determine whether it is a thing that may be seized under the warrant.
(3) The executing officer or a person assisting may operate equipment already at the warrant premises to carry out the examination or processing of a thing found at the premises in order to determine whether it is a thing that may be seized under the warrant if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that –
(a) the equipment is suitable for the examination or processing; and
(b) the examination or processing can be carried out without damage to the equipment or the thing.