Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999

A magistrate in a State or internal Territory may:

issue a warrant in relation to premises or a person in that State or Territory; or

issue a warrant in relation to premises or a person in an external Territory; or

issue a warrant in relation to premises or a person in another State or internal Territory (including the Jervis Bay Territory) if he or she is satisfied that there are special circumstances that make the issue of the warrant appropriate; or

issue a warrant in relation to a person wherever the person is in Australia or in an external Territory if he or she is satisfied that it is not possible to predict where the person may be.

A magistrate in New South Wales or the Australian Capital Territory may issue a warrant in relation to premises or a person in the Jervis Bay Territory.