Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies for the exercise of a power under section 30 or 30A in relation to a thing found in a place entered under this Act.
(2) An authorised officer, or a person helping the authorised officer, may operate available equipment if the authorised officer or person reasonably believes--
(a) the available equipment is suitable for exercising the power; and
(b) the power can be exercised without damaging the available equipment or the thing.
(3) In this section--
available equipment, for exercising a power in relation to a thing--
(a) means equipment that is--
(i) in or at the place in which the thing is found; or
(ii) taken onto the place under section 30(2)(e) or 30A(6)(a); or
(iii) in another place to which the thing has been moved under section 30(6) or 30A(10); and
(b) includes electronic equipment for accessing information contained on a thing found in or at the place.
Example of information contained on a thing--
information contained on a disk, tape or other device