SCHEDULE 1 - Provisions with r SCHEDULE 1 - Provisions with respect to search warrants

Section 37(6)

1.   Application for search warrants

(1) An application for a search warrant is to be made in writing.

(2) A justice is not to issue a search warrant unless –

(a) the application for the search warrant sets out the grounds for seeking the search warrant; and

(b) the applicant for the search warrant has given the justice, either orally or in writing, any further information the justice requires concerning the grounds for seeking the search warrant; and

(c) the information given by the applicant is verified before the justice on oath or by affidavit.

2.   Record of proceedings before justice

A justice who issues a search warrant is to cause a record to be made of all relevant particulars of the grounds the justice has relied on to justify the issue of the search warrant.

3.   Duty to show search warrants

An authorised officer executing a search warrant is to produce the search warrant for inspection by an occupier of the premises if requested to do so by that occupier.

4.   Expiry of search warrants

A search warrant ceases to have effect –

(a) on the date specified in the search warrant as the date on which it ceases to have effect; or

(b) if it is withdrawn before that date by the justice who issued the search warrant; or

(c) after it has been executed; or

(d) if the person to whom it is issued ceases to be an authorised officer –

whichever first occurs.

5.   Reports to justice on execution of search warrants, &c.