478Application for search warrant

478 Application for search warrant (1) An inspector may apply to a magistrate for a warrant to enter premises (a search warrant). (2) The application must be sworn and state the grounds on which the search warrant is sought. (3) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the inspector gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires. (4) The magistrate may issue a search warrant only if satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting— (a) there is a particular thing or activity connected with an offence against this Act; and (b) the thing or activity— (i) is, or is being engaged in, at the premises; or (ii) may be, or may be engaged in, at the premises within the next 14 days. (5) The search warrant must state the following: (a) that an inspector may, with any necessary assistance and force, enter the premises and exercise the inspector’s powers under this chapter; (b) the offence for which the warrant is issued; (c) the things that may be seized under the warrant; (d) the hours when the premises may be entered; (e) the date, within 14 days after the day of the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.

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