143Announcement before entry under search warrant

143 Announcement before entry under search warrant

(1) Before executing a search warrant, the authorised officer named in the warrant or a person assisting the officer must—

(a) announce that the officer or other person is authorised by the warrant to enter the place or motor vehicle named or described in the warrant; and

(b) give any person at the place or in control of the vehicle an opportunity to allow entry to the place or into the vehicle.

(2) The authorised officer or person assisting the officer is not required to comply with subsection (1) if the officer or other person believes on reasonable grounds that immediate entry to the place or into the vehicle is required to ensure—

(a) the safety of any person; or

(b) that the effective execution of the search warrant is not frustrated.

S. 144 inserted by No. 63/2017 s. 18.