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(c) where subsection (2)(c) is applicable—

(i) the installation, use and maintenance of any of the surveillance devices authorized to be used under the prescribed authorization in or on any premises where the person specified in the prescribed authorization is reasonably believed to be or likely to be; and

(ii) in the case of Type 1 surveillance, the entry, by the use of reasonable force if necessary, onto the premises, and onto any other premises adjoining or providing access to the premises, in order to carry out any conduct authorized or required to be carried out under the prescribed authorization.

30. What a prescribed authorization also authorizes

A prescribed authorization also authorizes the undertaking of conduct, including the following conduct, that is necessary for and incidental to the carrying out of what is authorized or required to be carried out under the prescribed authorization—

(a) the retrieval of any of the devices authorized to be used under the prescribed authorization;

(b) the installation, use, maintenance and retrieval of any enhancement equipment for the devices;

(c) the temporary removal of any conveyance or object from any premises for the installation, maintenance or retrieval of the devices or enhancement equipment and the return of the conveyance or object to the premises;

(d) the breaking open of anything for the installation, maintenance or retrieval of the devices or enhancement equipment;

(e) the connection of the devices or enhancement equipment to any source of electricity and the use of electricity from that source to operate the devices or enhancement equipment;

(f) the connection of the devices or enhancement equipment to any object or system that may be used to transmit information in any form and the use of that object or system in connection with the operation of the devices or enhancement equipment; and

(g) the provision of assistance for the execution of the prescribed authorization.

31. What a prescribed authorization may not authorize

(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance, unless exceptional circumstances exist—