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Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Act 2003
27PPowers expressly conferred by covert search warrant
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27P Powers expressly conferred by covert search warrant
In addition to the powers mentioned in section 27N, if it expressly
so authorises, a covert search warrant authorises the police officer
named in the warrant:
(a) to enter an adjoining place specified in the warrant, using the
force that is reasonably necessary, for the purposes of
entering the subject place; and
(b) to seize and detain a thing of a kind described in the warrant
and any relevant thing found in the course of executing the
warrant; and
(c) to place a thing of a kind described in the warrant on the
subject place in substitution for a thing seized under
paragraph (b); and
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(d) to copy, photograph or otherwise record a thing of a kind
described in the warrant and any relevant thing found in the
(e) to operate any electronic equipment of a kind described in the
warrant and any relevant electronic equipment found in the
(f) to print, copy or otherwise record from the equipment
information of a kind described in the warrant to be printed,
copied or recorded and any relevant information found in the
(g) to test a thing of that kind and any relevant thing found in the
course of executing the warrant.