100Warrants to enter premises

100 Warrants to enter premises

(1)  An authorised officer may apply to a justice for a warrant to enter a place specified in the application.

(2)  The justice may, if satisfied that a warrant is reasonably required for the administration or enforcement of this Act, issue the warrant.

(3)  A warrant authorises the authorised officer –

(a) to enter the place specified in the warrant; and

(b) to do anything reasonably required for the administration or enforcement of this Act.

(4)  A warrant is to specify the date on which, and the time at which, the warrant ceases to have effect.

(5)  An application for a warrant may be made by telephone, facsimile or other prescribed means if the authorised officer considers the urgency of the situation requires it.

(6)  If the justice decides to issue a warrant on an application under subsection (5) , the justice is to –

(a) complete and sign the warrant; and

(b) inform the applicant of –

(i) the terms of the warrant; and

(ii) the date and time of the issue of the warrant; and

(iii) the date and time the warrant is to cease to have effect; and

(c) record on the warrant the reasons for issuing it.

(7)  The authorised officer is to –

(a) complete a warrant form in the same terms as the warrant signed by the justice; and

(b) write on the form –

(i) the name of the justice; and

(ii) the date and time of the issue of the warrant; and

(c) send to the justice the completed form not later than the day after the warrant is executed or ceases to have effect.