Entry and inspection under search warrant
202A Entry and inspection under search warrant
The Secretary or a police officer may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant if the Secretary or police officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a provision of this Act or the regulations has been or is being contravened at any premises.
An authorised officer to whom such an application is made may issue a search warrant if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so.
A search warrant authorises the person named in the warrant—
to enter the premises, and
to inspect the premises for evidence of a contravention of this Act or the regulations.
Division 4 of Part 5 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 applies to a search warrant issued under this section.
In this section, authorised officer has the same meaning as it has in the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
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