s 27D
In forcePower to apply for covert search warrant
Part 3ACovert search warrants
Division 3Applications for, and issue of, covert search warrants
27D Power to apply for covert search warrant
An authorised police officer may apply to a Supreme Court Judge for a warrant (a covert search warrant) to enter and search a place if the officer suspects or believes on reasonable grounds:
(a)
a terrorist act has been, is being, or is likely to be, committed; and
(b)
the entry to and search of the place will substantially assist in responding to or preventing the terrorist act; and
(c)
it is necessary for the entry and search of the place to be conducted without the knowledge of any occupier of the place.
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