507Issue of warrant

507 Issue of warrant

507 Issue of warrant

(1) The authorised warrant official may issue the warrant for the place only if the official is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting there is at the place, or will be at the place within the next 72 hours, a particular thing or activity that may provide evidence of an offence against this Law.

(2) The warrant must state the following—

(a) the place to which the warrant applies;

(b) that a stated authorised officer or any authorised 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 authorised officer’s powers;

(c) particulars of the offence that the authorised warrant official considers appropriate in the circumstances;

(d) the name of the person suspected of having committed the offence unless the name is unknown or the authorised warrant official considers it inappropriate to state the name;

(e) the evidence that may be seized under the warrant;

(f) the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered;

(g) the authorised warrant official’s name;

(h) the date and time of the warrant’s issue;

(i) the day, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.