# Search powers of authorised officers

> act-s487E — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

487E Search powers of authorised officers
               The following are the search powers that an authorised officer may
               exercise in relation to premises under section 487D:
                 (a) if entry to the premises is with the occupier’s consent—the
                     power to search the premises and any thing on the premises
                     for the evidential material the authorised officer reasonably
                     suspects may be on the premises;
                (b) if entry to the premises is under a search warrant:
                       (i) the power to search the premises, and any thing on the
                           premises, for the kind of evidential material specified in
                           the warrant; and
                      (ii) the power to seize evidential material of that kind if the
                           authorised officer finds it on the premises;








                 (c) the power to inspect, examine, take measurements of,
                      conduct tests on or take samples of evidential material
                      referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
                 (d) the power to make any still or moving image or any
                      recording of the premises or evidential material referred to in
                      paragraph (a) or (b);
                 (e) the power to take onto the premises such equipment and
                      materials as the authorised officer requires for the purpose of
                      exercising powers in relation to the premises;
                  (f) the powers set out in subsections 487F(1) and (2) and
                      section 487G.