Environmental Offsets Act 2014
sec.58Issue of warrant
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sec.58 Issue of warrant
The magistrate may issue the warrant for the place only if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is at or on the place, or will be at or on the place within the next 7 days, a particular thing or activity that may provide evidence of a relevant offence. The warrant must state the following— the place to which the warrant applies; that a stated enforcement officer or any enforcement officer may with necessary and reasonable help and force— enter the place and any other place necessary for entry to the place; and exercise the enforcement officer’s powers; particulars of the offence that the magistrate considers appropriate; the name of the person suspected of having committed the offence unless the name is unknown or the magistrate considers it inappropriate to state the name; the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered; the magistrate’s name; the day and time of the warrant’s issue; the day, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends. (sec.58-ssec.1) The magistrate may issue the warrant for the place only if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is at or on the place, or will be at or on the place within the next 7 days, a particular thing or activity that may provide evidence of a relevant offence. (sec.58-ssec.2) The warrant must state the following— the place to which the warrant applies; that a stated enforcement officer or any enforcement officer may with necessary and reasonable help and force— enter the place and any other place necessary for entry to the place; and exercise the enforcement officer’s powers; particulars of the offence that the magistrate considers appropriate; the name of the person suspected of having committed the offence unless the name is unknown or the magistrate considers it inappropriate to state the name; the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered; the magistrate’s name; the day and time of the warrant’s issue; the day, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.
- (a) the place to which the warrant applies;
- (b) that a stated enforcement officer or any enforcement officer may with necessary and reasonable help and force— (i) enter the place and any other place necessary for entry to the place; and (ii) exercise the enforcement officer’s powers;
- (i) enter the place and any other place necessary for entry to the place; and
- (ii) exercise the enforcement officer’s powers;
- (c) particulars of the offence that the magistrate considers appropriate;
- (d) the name of the person suspected of having committed the offence unless the name is unknown or the magistrate considers it inappropriate to state the name;