Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) An inspector who
enters a place under Division 3 may seize anything (including a document) at
the place if the inspector reasonably believes —
(a) that
the thing is evidence of an offence against this Act; or
(b) that
the seizure of the thing is reasonably necessary to enable the thing to be
inspected, examined, analysed or tested; or
(c) that
the seizure of the thing is otherwise reasonably necessary to enable an
inspector to exercise compliance powers.
(2) An inspector who
enters a place under Division 3 Subdivision 2 may also seize the following at
the place —
(a) any
thing, or any thing of a class, to which section 167C(1)(f) applies as stated
in the entry warrant under section 167(5)(c);
(b) any
document, or any document of a class, to which section 167C(1)(i) applies as
stated in the entry warrant under section 167(5)(d);
(c) any
print out, copy or reproduction of any document, or of any document of a
class, to which section 167C(1)(i) applies as stated in the entry warrant
under section 167(5)(d);
(d) if
the inspector reasonably suspects that any document, or any document of a
class, to which section 167C(1)(i) applies as stated in the entry warrant
under section 167(5)(d) is stored on, or can be accessed or recovered from, a
computer or other device — the computer or other device if it is
reasonably necessary to seize the computer or other device in order to access
and operate it as referred to in section 167C(1)(i)(i).
(3) If a computer or
other device is seized under subsection (2)(d) —
(a) an
inspector may access and operate the computer or other device as referred to
in section 167C(1)(i)(i); and
(b) an
inspector may seize any thing of the kind referred to in subsection (2)(b) or
(c) that is stored on, or accessed or recovered from, or otherwise obtained by
accessing and operating, the computer or other device.