60Search warrants

60 Search warrants

60 Search warrants

(1) An authorised officer may apply to an issuing officer for the issue of a search warrant if the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that—

(a) a requirement imposed by or under this Act is being or has been contravened at any premises, or

(b) there is, in or on any premises, a matter or a thing connected with an offence under this Act or the regulations.

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

(a) to enter the premises, and

(b) to exercise any function of an authorised officer under this Part.

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

(4) Without limiting the generality of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, section 71, a police officer—

(a) may accompany an authorised officer executing a search warrant issued under this section, and

(b) may take all reasonable steps to assist the authorised officer in the exercise of the officer’s functions under this section.

(5) In this section—

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