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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Miscellaneous provisions applying to this Act generally - Powers of entry

457: Additional powers

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"Getting extra help to gather information"

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You can make copies of documents or information when you are allowed to enter a place under section 453. You can take documents or devices with you for a reasonable time. You can also ask someone to help you get information from a computer.

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Part 30Miscellaneous provisions applying to this Act generally
Powers of entry

457Additional powers

  1. A person lawfully exercising the powers conferred by section 453 may make or take copies of any document or any information recorded or stored in a computer or other device, and for that purpose may take possession of and remove any document, tape, or disk from the place where it is kept for such period of time as is reasonable in the circumstances, or may require a person to reproduce, or assist the person duly authorised by the Director to reproduce, in usable form, information recorded or stored in a computer or other device.

  2. Repealed
Notes
  • Section 457(1): amended, on , by section 279(3) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (2012 No 24).
  • Section 457(2): repealed, on , by section 279(4) of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (2012 No 24).