27QPower of re-entry

27Q Power of re-entry (1) If it expressly so authorises, a covert search warrant authorises the police officer to re-enter the place to return anything removed from, or to retrieve anything substituted in, the place when it was first entered under the warrant. (2) If a covert search warrant authorises the re-entry of the subject place under subsection (1): (a) the place may be re-entered only for the purpose of returning a thing removed from, or to retrieve a thing substituted in, the place when it was first entered under the warrant; and (b) the re-entry must occur within: (i) 7 days after the date on which the place was first entered; or (ii) a longer period authorised by a Supreme Court Judge before the end of the 7 days; and (c) for the purpose of re-entering the place and returning or retrieving the thing, the police officer may exercise any of the powers under section 27N, and any of the powers under section 27P expressly authorised by the warrant, that are reasonably necessary; and (d) despite section 27T, the warrant continues in effect subject to this subsection.