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Decision on application for warrant

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Part 6Enforcement
Division 6.3Warrants

41 Decision on application for warrant

(1)

If an application for a warrant is made under section 40, the magistrate may issue the warrant only if satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—

(a)

there is a particular thing or activity connected with an offence against this Act; and

(b)

the thing or activity—

(i)

is, or is being engaged in, at the premises; or

(ii)

may be, or may be engaged in, at the premises within the next 14 days.

(2)

The warrant must include the following information:

(a)

a statement that an authorised officer may, with any necessary assistance or force, enter the premises and exercise the authorised officer’s powers under this part;

(b)

details of the offence for which the warrant is issued;

(c)

the things that may be seized under the warrant;

(d)

the hours when the premises may be entered;

(e)

the date, within 14 days after the day of the warrant’s issue, when the warrant ends.

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