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Industrial Relations Act 1996
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#### 388 Search warrant
388 Search warrant
> > (1) An inspector may apply to an authorised officer for the issue of a search warrant if the inspector has reasonable grounds for believing that a provision of the industrial relations legislation or an industrial instrument has been or is being contravened in any premises.
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> > (2) The authorised officer to whom the application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising the inspector named in the warrant, when accompanied by a police officer—
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> > > (a) to enter the premises, and
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> > > (b) to search the premises for evidence of a contravention of the industrial relations legislation or industrial instrument,
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> > > (c) to seize anything that the inspector reasonably considers to be evidence of a contravention of the industrial relations legislation or an industrial instrument.
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> > (3) Division 4 of Part 5 of the [Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-103) applies to a search warrant issued under this section.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > authorised officer has the same meaning as it has in the [Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-103).
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> **s 388:** Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.48 \[1\]–\[3\]; 2012 No 27, Sch 1 \[6\].