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DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 74AF

Seizure and samples of things not mentioned in the warrant

    (1)     A search warrant under this Division authorises the person executing the warrant, in addition to seizing any thing or kind of thing named or described in the warrant, to seize any document or other thing (that is not an animal) if the person reasonably believes—

        (a)     that the thing is of a kind that could have been included in the search warrant and that is connected with a contravention of a relevant provision; and

        (b)     that it is necessary to seize the thing in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction or its use in the contravention of the relevant provision.

    (2)     A search warrant under this Division authorises the person executing the warrant, in addition to seizing any thing or kind of thing named or described in the warrant, to take a sample of or from any thing, if the person reasonably believes, that—

        (a)     the thing is of a kind that could have been included in the search warrant; and

        (b)     the sample is of or from a thing that is connected with a contravention of a relevant provision.

S. 74AG inserted by No. 69/2017 s. 48.



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