Food Act 2003

An authorised officer may apply to a justice of the peace for a search warrant if the authorised officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a provision of this Act has been, is being or is about to be contravened on premises.

A justice of the peace to whom an application is made under this section may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant.

An authorised officer may execute a search warrant using such assistance as the authorised officer considers necessary.

A warrant issued under this section may be made subject to any conditions that the justice of the peace considers appropriate.

Subject to subsection (4), a warrant issued under this section authorises the authorised officer named in the warrant to enter and search the premises specified in the warrant and exercise such of the powers specified in section 40 as are not expressly excluded by the justice of the peace who issued the warrant.

Schedule 1 has effect with respect to a warrant issued under this section.

This section does not limit the operation of section 40(1).