Judicial Misbehaviour and Incapacity (Parliamentary Commissions) Act 2012
80Commission must prepare and keep statements of reasons about search warrants
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80 Commission must prepare and keep statements of reasons about search warrants
(1) A Commission must prepare and keep a written statement of reasons in relation to each search warrant issued by the Commission or a member of the Commission. (2) The statement of reasons must set out the following: (a) the reasons the Commission or member suspects that each document or other thing to which the search warrant relates is connected with the matter the Commission is investigating; (b) the reasons the Commission or member suspects that each document or other thing may be on or in particular premises; (c) the reasons the Commission or member believes that, if a notice were given requiring the production of each document or other thing, it may be concealed, lost, mutilated or destroyed.