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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 12 Hansard (13 November) . . Page.. 4192 ..

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

Inspection of premises - search warrant

93. (1) Subject to section 93A, an authorised officer who enters premises under subsection 91(1) may do any of the following in respect of the premises or anything on the premises:

(a) inspect or examine;

(b) take measurements or conduct tests;

(c) take samples for analysis;

(d) take photographs, films, or audio, video or other recordings;

(e) in the case of a thing - subject to section 99, seize the thing;

(f) if the thing is a document - take copies of, or extracts from, the document.

(2) An authorised officer who enters premises under subsection 91(1) may require the occupier or a person on the premises to do any of the following:

(a) answer questions or furnish information;

(b) make available any record or other document kept on the premises;

(c) provide reasonable assistance to the officer in relation to the exercise of his or her powers under subsection (1).

Inspection of premises - seriousness and urgency

93A. An authorised officer who enters premises under subsection 90(1) may, if the officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the circumstances are of such seriousness and urgency as to require the exercise of the power without a warrant, in addition to the powers he or she may exercise under section 92A, do any of the following:

(a) take photographs, films, or audio, video or other recordings;

MR HUMPHRIES (continuing):

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