Search and Surveillance Act 2012

General provisions in relation to search, surveillance, and inspection powers - Procedures applying to seized or produced materials - Rights of owners and others in relation to things seized or produced

162: Other copies and generated material may be retained

You could also call this:

"You can keep copies and recordings made during a search or surveillance."

When someone uses a search or surveillance power, they might make copies of things or create new things like photographs or recordings. You can keep these copies or created things as part of your permanent records. This is allowed as long as you follow certain rules, like those in sections 63 and 136, and other laws that apply.

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161: Disposal of forensic copies, or

"What happens to computer copies used for investigations: deleting or keeping them safely"

163: Application to District Court to dispose of seized property, or

"Asking the District Court to decide what to do with something that's been seized or given to you"

Part 4General provisions in relation to search, surveillance, and inspection powers
Procedures applying to seized or produced materials: Rights of owners and others in relation to things seized or produced

162Other copies and generated material may be retained

Any thing made or generated by a person exercising a search or surveillance power (for example, photographs or audio or video recordings or copies of things) may be retained as part of the permanent records of the employer of the person who exercises the search or surveillance power.
Subsection (1) is subject to sections 63 and 136, and any other enactment or rule of law.