# Powers without warrant in emergency situations

> act-s268CR — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

268CR Powers without warrant in emergency situations
          (1) This section applies when an authorised officer is on premises
              under section 268CA if the officer reasonably suspects that:
               (a) a thing relevant to an offence against this Act or the
                    regulations, the Crimes Act 1914 or the Criminal Code is on
                    the premises; and
               (b) it is necessary to exercise a power under subsection (2) in
                    order to prevent the thing from being concealed, lost or
                    destroyed; and
               (c) it is necessary to exercise the power without the authority of
                    a monitoring warrant because the circumstances are so
                    serious and urgent.
          (2) The authorised officer may:
               (a) search the premises, and any receptacle on the premises, for
                   the thing; and
               (b) seize the thing if he or she finds it there; and
               (c) exercise the powers mentioned in subsections 268CI(2) and
                   (3) in relation to the thing.