Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The investigator executing the warrant may apply to a magistrate for an order requiring a specified person to provide any information or assistance that is reasonable and necessary to allow the officer or a person assisting him or her or to do one or more of the following:
(a) access data held in a computer, or accessible from a computer, that is on premises in relation to which the warrant is in force;
(b) copy the data to a data storage device;
(c) convert the data into documentary form.
(2) The magistrate may grant the order if he or she is satisfied that:
(a) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that evidential material is held in, or is accessible from, the computer; and
(b) the specified person is:
(i) in the case of a warrant--reasonably suspected of having committed the offence stated in the warrant; or
(ii) the owner or lessee of the computer; or
(iii) an employee of the owner or lessee of the computer; and
(c) the specified person has relevant knowledge of:
(i) the computer or a computer network of which the computer forms a part; or
(ii) measures applied to protect data held in, or accessible from, the computer.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with the order.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.