Fair Trading Act 2010

Entry authorised by a warrant under section 74 may be made with whatever assistance and equipment is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which entry is required.

A person executing a warrant under section 74, and a person assisting that person, may use any force that is reasonably necessary for the execution of the warrant.

A warrant authorising the entry and search of a motor vehicle authorises the person executing the warrant to enter any place where the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the vehicle is, for the purpose of locating it and searching it.

Before entering any premises or motor vehicle under a warrant, the person executing the warrant must show the person, if any, who gives the person entry to the premises or motor vehicle —

in the case of the Commissioner, a document signed by the Minister and certifying that the person is the Commissioner; and

in the case of an authorised person other than the Commissioner, a document signed by the Commissioner and certifying that that person is an authorised person.

The person executing the warrant must produce it for inspection if asked by —

the occupier or a person in charge of the premises; or

a person in charge of the motor vehicle.

When executing a warrant, an authorised person may require any person who has the control of any premises, motor vehicle or thing that the authorised person is authorised to enter or inspect to furnish reasonable access to it and to give other reasonable assistance.

A warrant ceases to have effect on the earliest of the following —

at the end of the period of one month after its issue;

if it is withdrawn by the magistrate or justice of the peace who issued it;

when it is executed.