15Use of equipment to examine or process things

15 Use of equipment to examine or process things

S. 15(1) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 29.

(1) Without limiting section 8, a transport safety officer exercising a power under this Part may bring to, onto, or into searchable premises or a searchable bus or vessel any equipment reasonably necessary for the examination or processing of things found at the premises or on or in the bus or vessel in order to determine whether they are things that may be seized.

S. 15(2) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 29.

(2) The transport safety officer, or a person assisting the officer, may operate equipment already at searchable premises or on a searchable bus or vessel to carry out the examination or processing of a thing found in or at the premises or on or in the bus or vessel in order to determine whether it is a thing that may be seized, if the officer or person assisting believes on reasonable grounds that—

(a) the equipment is suitable for the examination or the processing; and

(b) the examination or processing can be carried out without damage to the equipment.

S. 16 (Heading) amended by No. 41/2019 s. 30(1).