New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LAW ENFORCEMENT (POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES) REGULATION 2016 - REG 9

9 Receipts for things seized

(1) A person who seizes a thing while executing a search warrant other than a covert search warrant, or a crime scene warrant issued under Part 7 of the Act, in any premises must provide the occupier of the premises with a receipt acknowledging seizure of the thing if the occupier is then present and it is reasonably practicable to do so.

(2) A person who seizes a dangerous article under section 85 or 87 of the Act while executing a warrant issued under section 83 of the Act in any premises must provide the occupier of the premises with a receipt acknowledging seizure of the thing if the occupier is then present and it is reasonably practicable to do so.

(3) A copy of a receipt issued under this clause, in relation to a thing seized while executing a warrant, is to be attached to the report about the execution of the warrant that is referred to in clause 11(1).