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Copyright Act 1994

Enforcement officers - Entry and search under search warrant

134L: When search warrant is executed

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"What happens when a search warrant is carried out"

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You execute a search warrant when you seize all items listed in it. You also execute a search warrant when you leave the place being searched and do not return within 4 hours. This is how a search warrant is executed under the Copyright Act 1994.

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Entry and search under search warrant

134LWhen search warrant is executed

  1. A search warrant is executed when the person executing the warrant—

  2. has seized all the items specified in the warrant; or
    1. leaves the place or thing being searched and does not return within 4 hours.

      Notes
      • Section 134L: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Copyright Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 72).