(1) A covert search warrant
authorises an eligible person--
(a) to enter, without any occupier's
knowledge, the subject premises, and
(b) to impersonate another person for
the purposes of executing the warrant, and
(c) to use such force as is
reasonably necessary for the purposes of entering the subject premises, and
(d) if the warrant authorises entry to premises adjoining or providing access
to the subject premises--to enter premises adjoining or providing access to
the subject premises, using such force as is reasonably necessary, for the
purposes of entering the subject premises, and
(e) to search the subject
premises for any kind of thing described in the warrant, and
(f) to break
open any receptacle in or on the subject premises for the purposes of that
search if it is reasonably necessary to do so, and
(g) if the warrant
authorises the seizure of a kind of thing--to seize and detain a thing of that
kind and any relevant thing that the person finds in the course of executing
the warrant, and
(h) to seize and detain any other thing that the person
finds in the course of executing the warrant and that is connected with a
serious indictable offence, and
(i) if the warrant authorises the placing of
a kind of thing in substitution for a seized thing--to place a thing of that
kind on the subject premises in substitution for a thing seized under
paragraph (g), and
(j) if the warrant authorises the copying, photographing
or recording of a kind of thing--to copy, photograph or otherwise record a
thing of that kind and any relevant thing that the person finds in the course
of executing the warrant, and
(k) if the warrant authorises the operation of
a kind of electronic equipment--
(i) to operate any electronic equipment of
that kind and any relevant electronic equipment that the person finds in the
course of executing the warrant, and
(ii) to print, copy or otherwise record
from that equipment information that is of a kind that the warrant authorises
to be printed, copied or recorded and any relevant information that the person
finds in the course of executing the warrant, and
(l) if the warrant
authorises the testing of a kind of thing--to test a thing of that kind and
any relevant thing that the person finds in the course of executing the
warrant, and
(m) to do anything else that is reasonable for the purpose of
concealing anything done in the execution of the warrant from the occupier of
the premises.
(2) A reference in this section to an eligible person, in
relation to a warrant, is a reference to an eligible police officer if the
applicant for the warrant was an eligible police officer.
(3) A reference in
this section to a relevant thing (including electronic equipment and
information) found by an eligible person is a reference to a thing that the
person has reasonable grounds to suspect or believe will substantially assist
in responding to or preventing a terrorist act.
(4) For the purposes of this
section, a thing is connected with a serious indictable offence only if it
is--
(a) a thing with respect to which there are reasonable grounds for
suspecting or believing the offence has been, is being, or will be committed,
or
(b) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting or believing
will provide evidence of the commission or intended commission of the offence,
or
(c) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting or believing
has been, is being, or is intended to be used, in or in connection with the
offence.
