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(1) A magistrate may issue a search warrant where the magistrate is satisfied on

reasonable grounds and on information on oath or affirmation given on behalf of the Board that there are grounds to believe that

(a) a person has failed to comply with a request of the Board within the time period specified in the notice and that required document and information has not been given to the Board;

(b) there are documents or information required in respect of which a notice has been issued by the Board but that person may not comply with the notice, or may remove, tamper or destroy the documents or information requested for by the Board; or

(c) an offence has been, or is being, committed by a person, and that there are documents or information, which may be removed, tampered with or destroyed in relation to the offence.

(2) A warrant issued under subsection (1) shall authorize a named representative of the Board, in addition to a police officer and any other person named in the warrant to

(a) enter the premises specified in the warrant at a reasonable time within seven days from the date of the warrant,

(b) search the premises and take possession of any document or information that appears to be document or information of a type in respect of which the warrant was issued or take steps necessary for preserving or preventing interference with the document or information;

(c) take copies of, or extracts from a document or information that appear to be of a type in respect of which  the warrant was issued,

(d) require a person on the premises to provide an explanation in relation to a document or information that appears to be of a type in respect of which the warrant is issued or state where the document or information may be found; and

(e) use reasonable force that may be necessary to retain possession of a document unless the Court orders otherwise.

(3) Except as provided by a Court, where the Board takes possession of a document, it shall retain it for a period of three months but where proceedings for a criminal offence is commenced against a person, the document shall be retained until the conclusion of the proceedings.