AustLII Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

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SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1997 - SECT 10

10. Use of equipment to examine or process things

      (1) The executing officer or a person assisting may bring to the warrant premises any equipment reasonably necessary for the examination or processing of a thing found at the premises in order to determine whether it is a thing that may be seized under the warrant.

      (2) The executing officer or a person assisting may remove a thing from the warrant premises, or cause a thing to be removed from those premises, to another place for examination or processing in order to determine whether it is a thing that may be seized under the warrant.

      (3) The executing officer or a person assisting may operate equipment already at the warrant premises to carry out the examination or processing of a thing found at the premises in order to determine whether it is a thing that may be seized under the warrant if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that –

(a) the equipment is suitable for the examination or processing; and

(b) the examination or processing can be carried out without damage to the equipment or the thing.



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