Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
A * search warrant authorises the * executing officer or a * person assisting:
(a) to enter the * premises and, if the premises are a * conveyance, to enter the conveyance, wherever it is; and
(b) to search for and record fingerprints found at the premises and to take samples of things found at the premises for forensic purposes; and
(c) to search the premises for the kinds of * tainted property or * evidential material specified in the warrant, and to seize things of that kind found at the premises; and
(d) to seize other things found at the premises in the course of the search that the executing officer or a person assisting believes on reasonable grounds to be:
(i) tainted property to which the warrant relates; or
(ii) evidential material in relation to property to which the warrant relates; or
if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that seizure of the things is necessary to prevent their concealment, loss or destruction or their use in committing an offence; and
(iii) evidential material (within the meaning of the Crimes Act 1914 ) relating to an * indictable offence;
(da) to seize other things found at the premises in the course of the search that the executing officer or a person assisting believes on reasonable grounds to be *things relevant to unexplained wealth proceedings; and
(e) if the warrant so allows - to conduct an * ordinary search or a * frisk search of a person at or near the premises if the executing officer or a person assisting suspects on reasonable grounds that the person has any tainted property or evidential material in his or her possession.
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A * search warrant authorises the * executing officer to make things seized under the warrant available to officers of other * enforcement agencies if it is necessary to do so for the purpose of:
(a) investigating or prosecuting an offence to which the things relate; or
(b) recovering * proceeds of an offence or an * instrument of an offence.
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