Greyhound Racing Act 2017

An inspector may apply to an authorised officer within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 for the issue of a search warrant if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that—

a provision of this Act, the regulations, the code of practice or the greyhound racing rules has been, is being or is about to be contravened at any premises, or

there is in or on any premises matter or a thing that is connected with an offence under this Act or the regulations.

An authorised officer to whom such an application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising an inspector named in the warrant—

to enter the premises, and

to exercise any function of an inspector under this Division.

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—

matter or a thing with respect to which the offence has been committed, or

matter or a thing that will afford evidence of the commission of an offence, or

matter or a thing that was used, or is intended to be used, for the purpose of committing the offence.