NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES)
REGULATIONS 1987
As in force at 1 May 2016
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Forms of search warrant .................................................................. 1
4 Form of notice of seizure ................................................................. 1
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 1 May 2016
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES)
REGULATIONS 1987
Regulations under the Criminal Investigation (Extra-territorial
Offences) Act 1985
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Criminal Investigation
(Extra-territorial Offences) Regulations 1987.
2 Commencement
These Regulations shall come into operation 14 days after
notification in the Gazette.
3 Forms of search warrant
(1) Where an application for the issue of a search warrant has been
made personally, a search warrant issued shall be in accordance
with Form 1 in the Schedule.
(2) Where an application for the issue of a search warrant has been
made by telephone, a search warrant issued shall be in accordance
with Form 2 in the Schedule.
4 Form of notice of seizure
Where in the execution of a search warrant objects have been
seized and removed, notice of the seizure and removal shall be
given in accordance with Form 3 in the Schedule.
I, ...................................., a Local Court Judge, have received an
application, made personally and verified by affidavit, for the issue of a search
warrant under section 4 of the Criminal Investigation (Extra-territorial
Offences) Act 1985 from ..................................... (name) .........................……
(rank) ....................... (number), a member of the Police Force.
After considering the application, I am satisfied that there are
reasonable grounds to believe:
(a) that an offence to which the Act applies has been or is
intended to be committed; and
(b) there are objects relevant to the investigation of that offence,
namely: ………………………………………………………...…
……………………………………………………………………...
*(i) in or on the premises at ...................................................
..................…………………………………………………..
*(ii) on the person of ...........................…………………………
and accordingly I authorise a member of the Police Force, with such
assistance as the member thinks necessary:
*(c) to enter the premises described in clause 2(b) above and
search those premises and anything in or on those premises;
*(d) to search the person referred to in clause 2(b) above.
This warrant shall expire at the expiration of 28 days from its date.
Dated 19 .
....…….........................
Signature of Local Court Judge
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NOTE: Section 6(3) of the Act authorises a member of the Police Force
executing this warrant to seize and remove any object that he believes, on
reasonable grounds, to be relevant to the investigation of the offence referred
to in clause 2(a) of this warrant.
I, ..............................................., a Local Court Judge, have
received an application by telephone for the issue of a search warrant under
section 4 of the Criminal Investigation (Extra-territorial Offences) Act 1985
from ............……........…………………..... (name) …………………..................
(rank) .................... (number), a member of the Police Force.
After considering the information furnished by the applicant I am
satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe:
(a) that an offence to which the Act applies has been or is
intended to be committed; and
(b) there are objects relevant to the investigation of that offence,
namely: ...........................………..............................................
..............................................
*(i) in or on the premises at ..…………………….....................
.............................................………………………………..
*(ii) on the person of ..............................………………………
and accordingly I authorise a member of the Police Force, with such
assistance as the member thinks necessary:
*(c) to enter the premises described in clause 2(b) above and
search those premises and anything in or on those premises;
*(d) to search the person referred to in clause 2(b) above.
Being satisfied there are proper grounds for the issue of a search
warrant, I have informed the applicant of the facts on which I rely for the issue
of the warrant and the applicant has undertaken to make an affidavit verifying
those facts.
The facts on which I rely as grounds for the issue of the warrant
are:
...............................................................……………………………………………
...............................................................……………………………………………
...............................................................……………………………………………
...............................................................……………………………………………
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This warrant shall expire at the expiration of 14 days from its date.
Dated 19 .
....…......................…….
Signature of Local Court Judge
Strike out if inapplicable.
NOTE: Section 6(3) of the Act authorises a member of the Police Force
executing this warrant to seize and remove any object that he believes, on
reasonable grounds, to be relevant to the investigation of the offence referred
to in clause 2(a) of this warrant.
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FORM 3
regulation 4
Criminal Investigation (Extra-territorial Offences) Act 1985
NOTICE OF SEIZURE
I, (1) ............................................., (2) ..........................................., a
member of the Police Force, have seized and removed the following objects:
(3) ...............................................…………..............................................
...................................................……………………………………………
……………………......................................…………….........................…
(4) *(a) from the premises at .....................................................................
*(b) from the person of .............................
under the authority of a search warrant issued by (5) ........................... on (6)
...................
....……......................
Signature of member
(1) Name of member;
(2) Rank and number of member;
(3) Description of objects seized;
(4) Description of premises or person;
(5) Name of Local Court Judge;
(6) Date of issue of warrant.
Strike out what is inapplicable.
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1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Criminal Investigation (Extra-Territorial Offences) Regulations (SL No. 22, 1987)
Notified 20 May 1987
Commenced 4 June 1987 (r 2)
Amendment of the Criminal Investigation (Extra-Territorial Offences) Regulations (SL
No. 33, 1991)
Notified 10 July 1991
Commenced 10 July 1991
Local Court (Related Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 8, 2016)
Assent date 6 April 2016
Commenced 1 May 2016 (s 2, s 2 Local Court (Repeals and Related
Amendments) Act 2016 (Act No. 9, 2016) and Gaz S34,
29 April 2016)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: r 1 and sch.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
sch amd No. 33, 1991; Act No. 8, 2016, s 45