Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION ACT 1979 - SECT 34ZD

             (1)  In addition to the things that the Organisation is authorised to do that are specified in a warrant issued under this Division, the Organisation is also authorised:

                     (a)  to remove and retain any record or other thing produced before a prescribed authority in response to a request in accordance with the warrant, for the purposes of:

                              (i)  inspecting or examining it; and

                             (ii)  in the case of a record--making copies or transcripts of it, in accordance with the warrant; and

                     (b)  subject to section 34ZC, to examine any items or things removed from a person during a search of the person under this Division; and

                     (c)  to retain, and make copies of, any item seized under paragraph 34ZB(9)(b); and

                     (d)  to do any other thing reasonably incidental to:

                              (i)  paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or

                             (ii)  any of the things that the Organisation is authorised to do that are specified in the warrant.

             (2)  A police officer may retain for such time as is reasonable any seizable item seized by the officer under paragraph 34ZB(9)(a).

             (3)  A record or other thing, or an item, retained as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) or (c) may be retained:

                     (a)  if returning the record, thing or item would be prejudicial to security--only until returning the record, thing or item would no longer be prejudicial to security; and

                     (b)  otherwise--for only such time as is reasonable.