Urgent situations
108 Urgent situations
(1) An authorised officer or a services officer may apply to a Local Court Judge for a warrant by telephone, facsimile or other prescribed means if the officer considers the urgency of the situation requires it.
(2) The Judge may complete and sign the warrant in the same terms as for a warrant applied for in person if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for issuing the warrant urgently.
The Judge must:
tell the officer:
the terms of the warrant;
(ii) the date on which, and the time at which, the warrant was signed; and
(iii) the date on which, and the time at which, the warrant ceases to have effect; and
record on the warrant the reasons for granting the warrant.
The officer must:
(a) complete a form of warrant in the same terms as the warrant signed by the Judge;
write on the form:
the name of the Judge; and
(ii) the date on which, and the time at which, the warrant was signed; and
(c) send the Judge the completed form of warrant not later than the day after the warrant is executed or ceases to have effect.
(5) On receiving the form of warrant, the Judge must attach it to the warrant the Judge signed.
(6) A form of warrant completed by an authorised officer or services officer under subsection (4) has the same force as a warrant signed by the Judge under subsection (2).
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