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Justices Act 1886
sec.69EFacilitation of execution of written warrant
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### sec.69E Facilitation of execution of written warrant
A written warrant may be executed by using—
a copy of the warrant printed from a fax machine or computer; or
a document prescribed under a regulation containing information about outstanding warrants.
The warrant copy mentioned in subsection (1) (a) must contain, in the text printed from the fax machine or computer—
a certificate of a person using the fax machine or computer to send or make available the copy that the person has seen the original warrant and the copy is a copy of the original warrant; and
a statement specifying the time the copy was sent or made available.
The copy may be used to execute the original warrant for only 8 hours after the specified time.
In a proceeding before a court in which execution of the warrant is relevant—
a document purporting to be a warrant copy mentioned in subsection (1) (a) certified by the person receiving the copy is admissible as proof of the warrant it purports to be; and
a document purporting to be a prescribed document mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , certified under a regulation, is admissible as proof of the warrants it purports to contain information about.
However, the court may require the original warrant to be produced as soon as practicable or at a later specified time.
s 69E ins 1996 No. 30 s 5
(sec.69E-ssec.1) A written warrant may be executed by using— a copy of the warrant printed from a fax machine or computer; or a document prescribed under a regulation containing information about outstanding warrants.
(sec.69E-ssec.2) The warrant copy mentioned in subsection (1) (a) must contain, in the text printed from the fax machine or computer— a certificate of a person using the fax machine or computer to send or make available the copy that the person has seen the original warrant and the copy is a copy of the original warrant; and a statement specifying the time the copy was sent or made available.
(sec.69E-ssec.3) The copy may be used to execute the original warrant for only 8 hours after the specified time.
(sec.69E-ssec.4) In a proceeding before a court in which execution of the warrant is relevant— a document purporting to be a warrant copy mentioned in subsection (1) (a) certified by the person receiving the copy is admissible as proof of the warrant it purports to be; and a document purporting to be a prescribed document mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , certified under a regulation, is admissible as proof of the warrants it purports to contain information about.
(sec.69E-ssec.5) However, the court may require the original warrant to be produced as soon as practicable or at a later specified time.
- (a) a copy of the warrant printed from a fax machine or computer; or
- (b) a document prescribed under a regulation containing information about outstanding warrants.
- (a) a certificate of a person using the fax machine or computer to send or make available the copy that the person has seen the original warrant and the copy is a copy of the original warrant; and
- (b) a statement specifying the time the copy was sent or made available.
- (a) a document purporting to be a warrant copy mentioned in subsection (1) (a) certified by the person receiving the copy is admissible as proof of the warrant it purports to be; and
- (b) a document purporting to be a prescribed document mentioned in subsection (1) (b) , certified under a regulation, is admissible as proof of the warrants it purports to contain information about.