163Access to residential premises

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).