sec.30Application by telephone for search warrants

sec.30 Application by telephone for search warrants

If, because of circumstances of urgency, an eligible person considers it necessary to do so, the eligible person may make application by telephone for a warrant under section 29 . Before so making application, the eligible person must prepare an affidavit that sets out the grounds on which the issue of the warrant is being sought, but may, if it is necessary to do so, make the application before the affidavit has been sworn. If an issuing officer issues a warrant under section 29 on an application made by telephone, he or she must— complete and sign the warrant; and inform the eligible person who made the application of the terms of the warrant and the date on which and the time at which it was signed; and record on the warrant his or her reasons for issuing the warrant; and send a copy of the warrant to the CEO. If a warrant is issued under section 29 on an application made by telephone— a member of the staff of the ACC or a member of the Queensland Police Service may complete a form of warrant in the terms indicated by the issuing officer under subsection (3) ; and if a form of warrant is so completed, the member must write on it the name of the issuing officer who issued the warrant and the date on which and the time at which it was signed. If a person completes a form of warrant under subsection (4) , the person must, not later than the day next following the date of expiry of the warrant, send to the issuing officer who signed the warrant the form of warrant completed by him or her and the affidavit duly sworn in connection with the warrant. On receipt of the documents referred to in subsection (5) the issuing officer must attach them to the warrant signed by him or her and deal with the documents in the way in which he or she would have dealt with the affidavit if the application for the warrant had been made to him or her under section 29 . A form of warrant duly completed under subsection (4) is to be taken to be a warrant issued under section 29 . (sec.30-ssec.1) If, because of circumstances of urgency, an eligible person considers it necessary to do so, the eligible person may make application by telephone for a warrant under section 29 . (sec.30-ssec.2) Before so making application, the eligible person must prepare an affidavit that sets out the grounds on which the issue of the warrant is being sought, but may, if it is necessary to do so, make the application before the affidavit has been sworn. (sec.30-ssec.3) If an issuing officer issues a warrant under section 29 on an application made by telephone, he or she must— complete and sign the warrant; and inform the eligible person who made the application of the terms of the warrant and the date on which and the time at which it was signed; and record on the warrant his or her reasons for issuing the warrant; and send a copy of the warrant to the CEO. (sec.30-ssec.4) If a warrant is issued under section 29 on an application made by telephone— a member of the staff of the ACC or a member of the Queensland Police Service may complete a form of warrant in the terms indicated by the issuing officer under subsection (3) ; and if a form of warrant is so completed, the member must write on it the name of the issuing officer who issued the warrant and the date on which and the time at which it was signed. (sec.30-ssec.5) If a person completes a form of warrant under subsection (4) , the person must, not later than the day next following the date of expiry of the warrant, send to the issuing officer who signed the warrant the form of warrant completed by him or her and the affidavit duly sworn in connection with the warrant. (sec.30-ssec.6) On receipt of the documents referred to in subsection (5) the issuing officer must attach them to the warrant signed by him or her and deal with the documents in the way in which he or she would have dealt with the affidavit if the application for the warrant had been made to him or her under section 29 . (sec.30-ssec.7) A form of warrant duly completed under subsection (4) is to be taken to be a warrant issued under section 29 .