Victorian Current Acts

HOUSING ACT 1983 - SECT 121

If, in the course of executing a search warrant, an inspector finds a document or thing that he or she believes on reasonable grounds to be—

        (a)     connected with the failure to comply with this Part, the regulations under this Part or the performance standards, although not the document or thing named or described in the warrant; or

        (b)     connected with another failure by the registered agency to comply with this Part, the regulations under this Part or the performance standards—

and the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is necessary to seize that document or thing in order to prevent its concealment, loss or destruction, the warrant is deemed to authorise the inspector to seize the document or thing.

S. 122 inserted by No. 106/2004 s. 5.