Water Resources Act 2007

An authorised officer may apply to a magistrate for a warrant to enter premises.

The application must be sworn and state the grounds on which the warrant is sought.

The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the authorised officer gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.

The magistrate may issue a warrant only if satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—

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

the thing or activity—

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

may be, or may be engaged in, at the premises within the next 7 days.

The warrant must state—

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

the offence for which the warrant is issued; and

the things that may be seized under the warrant; and

the hours when the premises may be entered; and

the date, within 7 days after the day of the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.