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s 27L

Contents of covert search warrant

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Part 3ACovert search warrants
Division 3Applications for, and issue of, covert search warrants

27L Contents of covert search warrant

A covert search warrant must state the following matters:

(a)

the full name, rank and registered number of the applicant;

(b)

the address or other description of the subject place;

(c)

the name of the following persons:

(i) any person believed to be knowingly concerned in the commission of the terrorist act for which the warrant is issued;

(ii) if no such person is an occupier of the subject place – any occupier (if known) of that place;

(d) a description of the kinds of things that may be searched for, seized, placed in substitution for a seized thing, copied, photographed, recorded, operated, printed or tested;

(e) if the warrant authorises the re-entry of the subject place to return anything removed from, or to retrieve anything substituted in, the place when it is first entered under the warrant – a description of the thing;

(f)

the date and time the warrant is issued;

(g) the date the warrant expires (being a date not more than 30 days after the date the warrant is issued);

(h) any conditions imposed in relation to the execution of the warrant;

(i)

any other matter required by regulation.

Division 4 Execution of covert search warrants and provisions applying after warrants executed

Subdivision 1 Preliminary matters

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