Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(a) the Chairperson has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there may be, at that time or within the next following 24 hours, in or on any premises, a thing of a particular kind connected with a matter into which the Commission is inquiring (in this section referred to as a “thing of the relevant kind”); and
(b) the Chairperson believes on reasonable grounds that, if a summons were not issued for the production of the thing, that thing might be concealed, lost, mutilated, destroyed or disposed of.
(2) A search warrant shall authorise a police officer or an authorised person named in the warrant with such assistance, and by such force, as is necessary and reasonable—
(a) to enter the premises;
(b) to search the premises for things of the relevant kind;
(c) to seize any things of the relevant kind found in or on the premises; and
(d) to deliver any thing so seized to the Commission.
(3) A search warrant shall—
(a) state the purpose for which it is issued;
(b) specify particular hours during which the entry is authorised or state that the entry is authorised at any time of the day or night;
(c) include a description of the kind of things in relation to which the powers under the warrant may be exercised; and
(d) specify the date, being a date not later than 1 month after the date of issue of the warrant, on which the warrant ceases to have effect.
(4) A search warrant may be executed, in accordance with its terms, at any time during the period commencing on the date of issue of the warrant and ending at the expiration of the date specified for the purpose of paragraph (3) (d).
(5) If, in the course of searching under a search warrant for a thing of a relevant kind—
(a) the person executing the warrant finds a thing that the person believes on reasonable grounds to be connected with the matter into which the Commission is inquiring, although not of a kind specified in the warrant; and
(b) the person believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary to seize that thing in order to prevent its being concealed, lost, mutilated, destroyed or disposed of;
the person may seize that thing and shall deliver the thing so seized to the Commission.
(6) A person executing a search warrant shall, on request by an occupant of the premises to which the warrant relates, show the warrant to that occupant.
(7) A reference in subsection (1) to the Chairperson shall be read as including a reference to a Commissioner authorised by the Chairperson to act under that subsection.