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Community Services (Complaints, Reviews and Monitoring) Act 1993
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18 Search warrants
> > (1) The Ombudsman may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant if the Ombudsman has reasonable grounds for believing that—
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> > > (a) on specified premises, this Act is being contravened, or
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> > > (b) entry to specified premises for the purpose of carrying out a search is necessary for the purposes for which powers under this Division may be exercised.
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> > (2) An authorised officer to whom an application is made under this section may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant to the Ombudsman to enter and search the premises.
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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) On entering any premises on the authority of a search warrant issued under this section, the Ombudsman may search the premises and may seize and carry away anything considered by the Ombudsman to be evidence of a contravention of this Act.
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> > (5) This section does not authorise the Ombudsman to carry away anything for which the Ombudsman does not give a receipt.
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> > (6) In executing a search warrant, the Ombudsman must be accompanied by a police officer.
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> > (7) In this section—
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> > authorised officer has the same meaning as it has in the [Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-103).
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> **s 18:** Ins 2002 No 42, Sch 1 \[21\]. Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.11 \[1\] \[2\] \[3\] (am 2006 No 58, Sch 2.28 \[1\]).