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REGULATORY POWERS (STANDARD PROVISIONS) ACT 2014 - SECT 49

General investigation powers

    The following are the investigation powers that an authorised person may exercise in relation to premises under section   48:

  (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 person suspects on reasonable grounds may be on the premises;

  (b)   if entry to the premises is under an investigation 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 person finds it on the premises;

  (c)   the power to inspect, examine, take measurements of or conduct tests on 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 person requires for the purpose of exercising powers in relation to the premises;

  (f)   the powers set out in subsections   50(1) and (2), subsection   51(2) and section   52.



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