39SSearch warrants

39S Search warrants (1) An inspector may apply to a magistrate for the issue of a search warrant in relation to particular premises if the inspector has reasonable grounds to suspect that— (a) there is, or may be within the next 72 hours, on the premises evidence that a person may have contravened an essential services requirement; or (b) there is evidence in digital or electronic format that a person may have contravened an essential services requirement which is accessible from the premises. (2) A magistrate may issue a search warrant if the magistrate is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that— (a) there is, or may be within the next 72 hours, on the premises a document or a computer, or a document or a computer of a particular kind, connected with an alleged contravention by a person of an essential services requirement; or (b) there is information in digital or electronic format connected with an alleged contravention by a person of an essential services requirement which is accessible from the premises. S. 39T inserted by No. 41/2021 s. 5.