157AI
CurrentApplication for warrant
Part 7AEnforcement and general offences
Division 1ACEntry of places by authorised officers
Subdivision 3Entry under warrant
157AI Application for warrant
(1)
An authorised officer may apply to a magistrate for a warrant for a place.
(2)
The authorised officer must prepare a written application that states the grounds on which the warrant is sought.
(3)
The written application must be sworn.
(4)
The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the authorised officer gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.
Example—
The magistrate may require additional information supporting the written application to be given by statutory declaration.
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