Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 (NO. 58 OF 2006) - SECT 149

149 .         Records, powers to facilitate seizing

        (1)         If a record may be seized, any device or equipment needed to gain access to, recover, or reproduce, the information in the record is to be taken as also being relevant to the offence to which the record is relevant and, subject to section 146, may also be seized.

        (2)         For the purpose of seizing a record or exercising a power in section 148(1) or (2), an officer —

            (a)         may operate any device or equipment, whether seized under subsection (1) or not, that is needed to gain access to, recover, or make a reproduction of, the record and that is possessed by the person from whom the record may be seized;

            (b)         if he or she reasonably suspects that —

                  (i)         the person from whom the record may be seized; or

                  (ii)         an employee (whether under a contract of service or a contract for services) of that person,

                knows how to gain access to or operate any such device or equipment — may order the person or employee to provide any information or assistance that is reasonable and necessary to enable the officer to seize the record or exercise the power.