Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies when an authorised officer is on premises under section 23 or by virtue of a warrant issued under section 24.
(2) If the authorised officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that:
(a) a thing relevant to an offence against this Act is in or on premises; and
(b) it is necessary to exercise a power under paragraph (d) or (e) in order to prevent the thing from being concealed, lost or destroyed; and
(c) it is necessary to exercise the power without the authority of a warrant under section 26 because the circumstances are so serious and urgent;
the authorised officer may:
(d) search the premises, and any receptacle in or on the premises, for the thing; and
(e) seize the thing if he or she finds it there.
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