Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if, under this division, an authorised officer enters a place after obtaining the consent of an occupier or under a warrant.
(2) If the authorised officer enters the place with the occupier's consent, the authorised officer may seize a thing at the place if—
(a) the authorised officer reasonably believes the thing is evidence of a vegetation clearing offence; and
(b) seizure of the thing is consistent with the purpose of entry as told to the occupier when asking for the occupier's consent.
(3) If the authorised officer enters the place with a warrant, the authorised officer may seize the evidence for which the warrant was issued.
(4) The authorised officer may seize anything else at the place if the authorised officer reasonably believes—
(a) the thing is evidence of a vegetation clearing offence; and
(b) the seizure is necessary to prevent the thing being—
(i) hidden, lost or destroyed; or
(ii) used to continue, or repeat, the offence.
(5) Also, the authorised officer may seize a thing at the place if the authorised officer reasonably believes it has just been used in committing a vegetation clearing offence.