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Companion Animals Act 1998
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#### 69D Search warrants
69D Search warrants
> > (1) A police officer may apply to a relevant person for the issue of a search warrant if the officer believes on reasonable grounds that an offence under this Act or the regulations is being or has been committed on any property.
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> > (2) The relevant person may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising a police officer named in the warrant—
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> > > (a) to enter the property, and
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> > > (b) to exercise any of the functions of an authorised officer under section 69B.
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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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> > Note.
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> > Among other things, Division 4 of Part 5 of that Act provides for the use of reasonable force to enter premises (see section 70) and enables a person to execute a search warrant with the aid of assistants (see section 71).
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > relevant person 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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> **pt 7A, div 1 (ss 69A–69D):** Ins 2005 No 101, Sch 1 \[107\].