Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 487E

    The following are the search powers that an authorised officer may exercise in relation to premises under section   487D:

  (a)   if entry to the premises is with the occupier's consent--the power to search the premises and any thing on the premises for the evidential material the authorised officer reasonably suspects may be on the premises;

  (b)   if entry to the premises is under a search warrant:

  (i)   the power to search the premises, and any thing on the premises, for the kind of evidential material specified in the warrant; and

  (ii)   the power to seize evidential material of that kind if the authorised officer finds it on the premises;

  (c)   the power to inspect, examine, take measurements of, conduct tests on or take samples of evidential material referred to in paragraph   (a) or (b);

  (d)   the power to make any still or moving image or any recording of the premises or evidential material referred to in paragraph   (a) or (b);

  (e)   the power to take onto the premises such equipment and materials as the authorised officer requires for the purpose of exercising powers in relation to the premises;

  (f)   the powers set out in subsections   487F(1) and (2) and section   487G.