Issue of warrant
201 Issue of warrant
The magistrate may issue a warrant only if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—
there is a particular thing or activity (the evidence) that may provide evidence of an offence against this Act or a corresponding law; and
the evidence is at the place, or may be at the place, within the next 7 days.
The warrant must state—
that a stated inspector may, with necessary and reasonable help and force, enter the place and exercise the inspector’s powers under this part; and
the offence for which the warrant is sought; and
the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and
the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered; and
the date, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.
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