Architects Act 2002
sec.62GIssue of warrant
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sec.62G Issue of warrant
The magistrate may issue the warrant for the place only if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting there is at the place, or will be at the place within the next 7 days, a particular thing or activity that may provide evidence of an offence against this Act. The warrant must state— the place to which the warrant applies; and that a stated investigator or any investigator may with necessary and reasonable help and force— enter the place and any other place necessary for entry to the place; and exercise the powers of an investigator; and particulars of the offence that the magistrate considers appropriate; and the name of the person suspected of having committed the offence unless the name is unknown or the magistrate considers it inappropriate to state the name; 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 magistrate’s name; and the day and time of the warrant’s issue; and the day, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends. s 62G ins 2020 No. 24 s 17 (sec.62G-ssec.1) The magistrate may issue the warrant for the place only if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting there is at the place, or will be at the place within the next 7 days, a particular thing or activity that may provide evidence of an offence against this Act. (sec.62G-ssec.2) The warrant must state— the place to which the warrant applies; and that a stated investigator or any investigator may with necessary and reasonable help and force— enter the place and any other place necessary for entry to the place; and exercise the powers of an investigator; and particulars of the offence that the magistrate considers appropriate; and the name of the person suspected of having committed the offence unless the name is unknown or the magistrate considers it inappropriate to state the name; 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 magistrate’s name; and the day and time of the warrant’s issue; and the day, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends. s 62G ins 2020 No. 24 s 17
- (a) the place to which the warrant applies; and
- (b) that a stated investigator or any investigator may with necessary and reasonable help and force— (i) enter the place and any other place necessary for entry to the place; and (ii) exercise the powers of an investigator; and
- (i) enter the place and any other place necessary for entry to the place; and
- (ii) exercise the powers of an investigator; and
- (c) particulars of the offence that the magistrate considers appropriate; and
- (d) the name of the person suspected of having committed the offence unless the name is unknown or the magistrate considers it inappropriate to state the name; and