Section 43: Powers of seizure, etc.
This section enables a relevant enforcement officer to seize and detain any substance found in the course of a search which the officer reasonably believes to be a psychoactive substance or evidence of an offence under any of sections 4 to 9 and 26 of the Act. Items may also be seized for the purpose of determining whether any such offence has been committed. The power also extends to taking copies or extracts of any documents or records found on the premises that could be used as evidence of an offence. The power to seize and detain, remove, or take copies of or extracts from a document or record, extends to documents or records produced to the relevant enforcement officer under the powers in section 42. These powers apply to a relevant enforcement officer searching a vehicle or vessel (with or without a warrant) or any premises (under a warrant) or to a relevant enforcement officer who is lawfully on premises for some other purpose. The powers of seizure in this section do not extend to excluded items as defined in section 44.