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Charitable Fundraising Act 1991
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#### 25I Search warrants
25I Search warrants
> > (1) An authorised officer may apply to an issuing officer for a search warrant if the applicant has reasonable grounds for believing that—
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> > > (a) a provision of this Act or the regulations or a condition of an authority has been or is being contravened on premises, or
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> > > (b) there are on the premises documents relevant to an inquiry under this Division and a person having custody or control of the documents has failed to comply with a requirement under this Act to produce those documents or to provide copies of them or extracts from them.
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> > (2) An issuing officer to whom an application for a search warrant is made under this section may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising an authorised officer named in the warrant and any other person named in the warrant—
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> > > (a) to enter the premises concerned, and
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> > > (b) to search the premises for evidence of a contravention of this Act or the regulations or a condition of an authority.
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> > (2A) A police officer may accompany an authorised officer who enters premises and searches for evidence under a search warrant as if the police officer were named in the warrant.
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> > (3) Division 4 of Part 5 of the [Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-103) applies to a search warrant issued under this section.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > issuing officer means an authorised officer within the meaning of the [Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-103).
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> **s 25I:** Ins 2018 No 64, Sch 1\[26\]. Am 2020 No 25, Sch 2.1\[1\] \[2\].