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Emergency Management Bill (No 2)

Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods - Powers applying during states of emergency - Warrant for entry to obtain information

140: Disposal of information seized under warrant

You could also call this:

"What happens to information taken by police during an emergency"

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If a constable seizes information or documents under section 139, they must give it to the Director-General, a Controller, or a person authorised by an Emergency Management Committee. You can also think of it as the constable giving the information to someone in charge. The constable must return the information to its owner if it is no longer needed. If the constable gives the information to someone in charge, that person must return it to its owner when it is no longer needed. This means the information will be given back to you when it is no longer required. The person in charge must return the information to you when they are finished with it.

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139: Powers conferred by warrant, or

"What police can do with a special search warrant"

141: Interpretation of this subpart, or

"What 'authorised person' means in this part of the law"

Part 4Emergency response and recovery: states of emergency and transition periods
Powers applying during states of emergency: Warrant for entry to obtain information

140Disposal of information seized under warrant

If a constable seizes any information or document under section 139, the constable must—
give it to the Director-General, a Controller, or a person authorised by an Emergency Management Committee; or
if it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was seized, return it to the person from whom it was seized.

A person to whom a constable gives any information or document under subsection (1)(a) must return it to the person from whom it was seized when the information is no longer required for the purpose for which it was seized.

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2002 No 33 s 81