22Power to enter premises with warrant

22 Power to enter premises with warrant

22 Power to enter premises with warrant

(1) A police officer may apply to an authorised officer for the issue of a search warrant if the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that any provision of this Act is being or has been contravened on any premises.

(2) An authorised officer to whom any such application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising any police officer to enter and search the premises.

(3) A police officer executing a search warrant issued under this section may—

(a) enter the premises specified in the warrant, and

(b) search the premises for evidence of a contravention of this Act, and

(c) exercise any other function of a police officer under this Division.

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

(5) In this section—

authorised officer has the same meaning as it has in the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.