82Obtaining warrant by telephone or other electronic method

82 Obtaining warrant by telephone or other electronic method (1) This section applies if a justice of the peace issues a warrant on an application under section 81(2)(b). (2) The justice of the peace must: (a) complete and sign the warrant; and (b) inform the authorised officer of its terms; and (c) record on the warrant the reasons for issuing it. (3) The authorised officer must: (a) complete in duplicate a form of warrant in the terms given under subsection (2)(b); and (b) write on both copies the name of the justice of the peace and the date and time the warrant was issued; and (c) send one of the copies to the justice of the peace. (4) On receiving the copy, the justice of the peace must: (a) compare it with the warrant the justice of the peace signed; and (b) if satisfied they are in substance identical, note this fact on the warrant and send the warrant and copy to the CHO. Public and Environmental Health Act 2011 49 (5) If the form of the warrant prepared under subsection (3)(a) is in substance identical to the warrant signed by the justice of the peace under subsection (2)(a), it has the same authority as a warrant issued under section 81(3).