45Warrants

45 Warrants (1) An inspector may apply to a magistrate for a warrant to enter premises. (2) The application must be sworn and state the grounds on which the warrant is sought. (3) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the inspector gives to the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.

Part 6 Enforcement Division 6.2 Inspectors’ powers Section 46 page 34 Gas Safety Act 2000 Effective: 23/02/26 R23 23/02/26 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (4) The magistrate may issue a warrant only if satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting— (a) there is a particular thing or activity (the evidence) connected with an offence against the gas safety legislation; and (b) the evidence is, or may be within the next 14 days, at the premises. (5) The warrant must state— (a) that an inspector may, with necessary help and force, enter the premises and exercise the inspector’s powers under this part; and (b) the offence for which the warrant is sought; and (c) the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and (d) the hours when the premises may be entered; and (e) the date, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.