(a) there is evidence of a
contravention of a provision of this Act on any place or land, or
(a1) there
is evidence relating to the inclusion of an unfair term in a consumer contract
or small business contract that is a standard form contract (as referred to in
Part 2-3 of the ACL), or
(b) there are consumer goods of a particular kind
being supplied in trade or commerce in or from any place or land that will or
may cause injury to any person or a reasonably foreseeable use (or misuse) of
which will or may cause injury to any person, or
(i) any consumer goods will or may cause injury to
any person, or
(ii) a reasonably foreseeable use (including misuse) of any
consumer goods will or may cause injury to any person.
(3) An
authorised officer to whom such an application is made may, if satisfied that
there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising
any investigator--
(a) to enter the place or land specified in the warrant,
and
(b) to search for evidence of any of the matters referred to in
subsection (2), and
(c) to exercise the powers of an investigator under
subsection (4).
(4) An investigator executing a search warrant issued under
this section may--
(a) examine anything (whether or not specified in the
warrant) that the investigator believes on reasonable grounds may provide
evidence of any of the matters referred to in subsection (2), and
(b) seize
anything (whether or not specified in the warrant) that the investigator
believes on reasonable grounds is connected with any of the matters referred
to in subsection (2).
(5) The power to seize anything that is connected with
a matter referred to in subsection (2) includes a power to seize anything that
will provide evidence of that matter.
(6) An investigator who seizes any
consumer goods, or equipment used in the manufacturing, processing or storage
of consumer goods, under this section must provide a receipt for the goods or
equipment.
