126ASearch warrants

126A Search warrants

126A Search warrants

(1) An authorised person may apply to an issuing officer for a search warrant if the applicant has reasonable grounds for believing that a provision of this Act or the regulations has been or is being contravened on premises.

(2) An issuing officer to whom an application for a search warrant is made under this section may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising an authorised person named in the warrant and any other person named in the warrant—

(a) to enter the premises concerned, and

(b) to search the premises for evidence of a contravention of this Act or the regulations.

(3) A police officer may accompany an authorised person who enters premises and searches for evidence under a search warrant as if the police officer were named in the warrant.

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

(5) In this section—

authorised person means a person authorised to enter premises by section 126.

issuing officer means an authorised officer within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.

s 126A: Ins 2020 No 25, Sch 2.4[2].