(1) If a DGO suspects
on reasonable grounds that there has been a contravention of this Act, the DGO
may seize —
(a) any
dangerous goods involved, or a sample of them, and any container or vehicle in
which they are being stored or transported; and
(b) any
thing that is or may afford evidence of the contravention.
(2) If a DGO suspects
on reasonable grounds —
(a) that
any substance or thing may be dangerous goods or an ingredient of
dangerous goods; or
(b) that
any thing may have been in contact with dangerous goods,
the DGO, for
enforcement purposes, may seize the substance, a sample of it, or the thing,
or may direct —
(c) a
person in possession of the substance or thing; or
(d) the
person in charge, or apparently in charge of, a place or vehicle where the
substance or thing is situated,
to give the DGO the
substance, a sample of it, or the thing, as the case requires.
(3) The direction may
specify when and where the substance, a sample of it, or the thing is to be
given to a DGO.
(4) A DGO who has
seized or been given dangerous goods, a thing, substance or sample under this
section —
(a) must
give the person who was in possession of it a receipt for it in an approved
form; and
(b) may,
for forensic purposes, submit it to an examination or to testing.