Application by telephone for search warrants
5 Application by telephone for search warrants
An application for a search warrant under subsection 4(1) may be made by telephone if the applicant for the warrant considers it necessary to do so because of circumstances of urgency.
Where a Judge issues a search warrant upon an application made by telephone, the Judge shall:
complete and sign that warrant;
inform the applicant of the terms of the warrant and the date on which and the time at which it was signed; and
forward a copy of the warrant to the applicant.
Where a search warrant is issued upon an application made by telephone, a member of the relevant Commission, a member of the staff of the relevant Commission mentioned in paragraph (d) of the definition of member of the staff in subsection 1B(1) or a member of the Australian Federal Police or of the Police Force of a State may complete a form of warrant in the terms indicated by a Judge under subsection (2).
A form of warrant duly completed in accordance with subsection (3) shall be deemed to be a warrant issued under section 4.
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