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Building Act 1993
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163 Access to residential premises
(1) A person must not enter a part of a building used for residential
purposes without the consent of the occupier of the part or a search
warrant.
(2) If a police officer or authorised officer makes a complaint on oath to
a justice of the peace to the effect that the officer has reason to
suspect, and believes, that this Act has or the Regulations have
been or is or are being contravened in residential premises, the
justice of the peace may, if satisfied that the belief is well founded,
authorise by search warrant a police officer or an authorised officer
to enter the premises to search for evidence in relation to the
contravention in or on the premises.
(3) Section 120B(4) to (8), inclusive, of the Police Administration
Act 1978, with the necessary changes, apply to and in relation to a
search warrant issued under subsection (2).