Section 29 Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018

Section 29 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018 is about Powers conferred by warrant. It is under Part VI (Enforcement Warrants and Requests for Information) of the Act.

(1) A warrant issued under section 28 (1) of this Act shall authorise the person named in the warrant to request any police officer or public official to provide assistance to the person named in the warrant in the execution of the warrant.

(2) The assistance to be provided under subsection (1) shall be at the written request of the person named in the warrant.

(3) The warrant shall confer powers –
(a) to enter and search the place or premises specified in the warrant on one occasion within 30 days of the date of issue of the warrant at a time that is reasonable in the circumstances;
(b) to use such assistance as is reasonable in the circumstances;

(c) to use such force for gaining entry and for breaking open any article or thing as is reasonable in the circumstances;
(d) to search for and remove documents or any article or thing that the person executing the warrant believes on reasonable grounds may be relevant;

(e) where necessary, to make copies of documents or extracts from documents, that the person executing the warrant believes on reasonable grounds may be relevant; and
(f) where necessary, to require a person to reproduce or assist any person executing the warrant to reproduce, in usable form, information recorded or stored in a document or retrieval system.

(4) A police officer or public officer assisting the person executing the warrant also has the powers stated in subsection (3) (c), (d) and (e) of this section.

(5) A warrant shall be executed in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in the warrant when it is issued.