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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.152If justice refuses application for search warrant
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### sec.152 If justice refuses application for search warrant
If a justice refuses to issue a warrant, the police officer may apply to a magistrate or a judge for the issue of the warrant.
However, the police officer must tell the magistrate or judge that the application is made because a justice refused to issue a warrant.
Subsection (1) does not apply if the justice who refuses the warrant is or has been a Supreme Court judge, a District Court judge or a magistrate.
(sec.152-ssec.1) If a justice refuses to issue a warrant, the police officer may apply to a magistrate or a judge for the issue of the warrant.
(sec.152-ssec.2) However, the police officer must tell the magistrate or judge that the application is made because a justice refused to issue a warrant.
(sec.152-ssec.3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the justice who refuses the warrant is or has been a Supreme Court judge, a District Court judge or a magistrate.