71Offence relating to warrants by telephone, fax etc.

71 Offence relating to warrants by telephone, fax etc.

An inspector must not: (a) state in a document that purports to be a form of warrant under section 69 the name of an issuing officer unless that issuing officer signed the warrant; or (b) state on a form of warrant under that section a matter that, to the inspector’s knowledge, departs in a material particular from the terms of the warrant signed by the issuing officer under that section; or (c) purport to execute, or present to another person, a document that purports to be a form of warrant under that section that the inspector knows departs in a material particular from the terms of a warrant signed by an issuing officer under that section; or (d) purport to execute, or present to another person, a document that purports to be a form of warrant under that section if the inspector knows that no warrant in the terms of the form of warrant has been completed and signed by an issuing officer; or (e) give to an issuing officer a form of warrant under that section that is not the form of warrant that the inspector purported to execute.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.