Section 154S — Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

(1) If, under a search warrant relating to premises, the executing officer or an officer assisting seizes:

(a) a document, film, computer file or other thing that can be readily copied; or

(b) a storage device the information in which can be readily copied;

then he or she must, if requested to do so by the occupier of the premises, give a copy of the thing or the information to the occupier as soon as practicable after the seizure.

(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if possession of the document, film, computer file, thing or information by the occupier could constitute an offence against a law of the Commonwealth.

Related sections

• s 154Q — Occupier to provide reasonable facilities and assistance
• s 154R — Answering of questions or producing evidential material
• s 154RA — Person with computer knowledge to assist access etc.
• s 154T — Receipts for things seized or moved under warrant
• s 154U — Return of seized things
• s 154V — Magistrate may permit a thing to be retained

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