Disability Services Act 2006
sec.200MIssue of warrant
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sec.200M Issue of warrant
A magistrate may issue a warrant for a place only if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that it is necessary to enter the place to check whether an NDIS service provider has complied with, or is complying with, a provision of this Act, other than an excluded provision. The warrant must state— the place to which the warrant applies; and that a stated authorised officer may, with necessary and reasonable help and force— enter the place and any other place necessary for the entry; and exercise the officer’s powers; and particulars of the reason it is necessary to enter the place that the magistrate considers appropriate; the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered; and the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and the magistrate’s name; and the day and time of the warrant’s issue; and the day, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends. s 200M ins 2016 No. 9 s 44 amd 2019 No. 19 s 31 ; 2020 No. 39 s 70 sch 1 (sec.200M-ssec.1) A magistrate may issue a warrant for a place only if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that it is necessary to enter the place to check whether an NDIS service provider has complied with, or is complying with, a provision of this Act, other than an excluded provision. (sec.200M-ssec.2) The warrant must state— the place to which the warrant applies; and that a stated authorised officer may, with necessary and reasonable help and force— enter the place and any other place necessary for the entry; and exercise the officer’s powers; and particulars of the reason it is necessary to enter the place that the magistrate considers appropriate; the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered; and the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and the magistrate’s name; and the day and time of the warrant’s issue; and the day, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.
- (a) the place to which the warrant applies; and
- (b) that a stated authorised officer may, with necessary and reasonable help and force— (i) enter the place and any other place necessary for the entry; and (ii) exercise the officer’s powers; and
- (i) enter the place and any other place necessary for the entry; and
- (ii) exercise the officer’s powers; and
- (c) particulars of the reason it is necessary to enter the place that the magistrate considers appropriate;
- (d) the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered; and
- (e) the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and
- (f) the magistrate’s name; and
- (g) the day and time of the warrant’s issue; and
- (h) the day, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.