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- (c) to make measurements of the land in question and any thing in or on that land;
- (d) to take samples of water, soil, vegetation or other similar substances from the land in question and any thing in or on that land for the purposes of analysis;
- (e) to inspect any document in or on the land and take extracts from, or make copies of, any such document, without paying any fee;
- (f) to operate electronic equipment in or on the land;
- (g) to secure a thing for a period not exceeding 24 hours if the thing is found in or on the land, where the authorised officer or enforcement officer believes on reasonable grounds that—
- (i) the thing is evidential material relevant to an offence under this Act; and
- (ii) it is necessary to secure the thing in order to prevent it from being concealed, lost or destroyed before a warrant to seize the thing is obtained;
- (h) under warrant of court, to seize any thing found in or on the land which the authorised officer or enforcement officer reasonably suspects is as described in paragraph (g)(i);
- (i) to take into or onto the land any equipment and materials that the authorised officer or enforcement officer requires for the purpose of exercising powers under this Part in relation to the land.
(2) The power under subsection (1)(f) to operate electronic equipment in or on any land includes the power—
- (a) to use a disk, tape or other storage device that is in or on the land and can be used with the equipment or in association with the equipment;
- (b) to operate electronic equipment in or on the land to put the relevant data in documentary form and remove the documents so produced from the land; and
