260Issue of search warrants

260 Issue of search warrants

260 Issue of search warrants

(1) A fisheries officer may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant if the officer has reason to believe that there is or, within 72 hours, will be in or on any premises, boat or vehicle anything connected with a fisheries offence.

(2) An authorised officer to whom an application has been made under this section may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising a fisheries officer named in the warrant—

(a) to enter or board the premises, boat or vehicle, and

(b) to exercise the powers, or any specified powers, of the fisheries officer under this Part.

(3) Division 4 of Part 5 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 applies to a search warrant issued under this section.

(4) This section does not require a fisheries officer to obtain a search warrant in order to exercise the officer’s powers under this Part.

(5) In this section—

authorised officer has the same meaning as it has in the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.

s 260: Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.37 [4]–[6].