New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) A warrant authorises the person named in it—
(a) to enter and search the place, vehicle, or thing specified in the warrant on 1 occasion within 14 days of the date of issue of the warrant at a time that is reasonable in the circumstances:
(b) to use any assistance that is reasonable in the circumstances:
(c) to use any force for gaining entry and for breaking open any article or thing that is reasonable in the circumstances:
(d) to search for and seize any thing that the warrant authorises the person who is executing the warrant to search for and seize:
(e) to search for and cover any thing that the warrant authorises the person who is executing the warrant to search for and cover:
(f) if necessary, to take copies of documents, or extracts from documents, that the warrant authorises the person who is executing the warrant to copy:
(g) if 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.
(2) The power in subsection (1) to enter and search a place, vehicle, or thing must not be exercised by an enforcement officer unless, when exercising the power, the enforcement officer is accompanied by a member of the police.
(3) A person assisting the person executing the warrant also has the powers referred to in subsection (1)(c) to (f).
(4) The warrant must be executed in accordance with any reasonable conditions that may be specified in the warrant when it is issued.