26LSearch warrants

26L Search warrants (1) An inspector, with the written approval of the Director, may apply to a magistrate for the issue of a search warrant in relation to particular premises for the purpose of monitoring compliance with this Act or the regulations in relation to pawnbrokers. S. 26L(2) amended by No. 6/2018 s. 68(Sch. 2 item 114). (2) If a magistrate is satisfied by the evidence, on oath or by affirmation or by affidavit, of the inspector that the warrant is necessary for the purpose of monitoring compliance with this Act or the regulations in relation to pawnbrokers, the magistrate may issue a search warrant, in accordance with the **Magistrates' Court Act 1989**, authorising an inspector named in the warrant, together with any other person or persons named or otherwise identified in the warrant and with any necessary equipment— (a) to enter the premises specified in the warrant, if necessary by force; and (b) to do all or any of the following— (i) search for; (ii) seize; (iii) secure against interference; (iv) examine and inspect; (v) make copies of or take extracts from— a thing or things of a particular kind named or described in the warrant and which the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, to be connected with a contravention of this Act or the regulations in relation to pawnbrokers. (3) A search warrant issued under this section must state— (a) the purpose for which the search is required; and (b) any conditions to which the warrant is subject; and (c) whether entry is authorised to be made at any time of the day or night or during stated hours of the day or night; and (d) a day, not later than 28 days after the issue of the warrant, on which the warrant ceases to have effect. (4) Except as provided by this Act, the rules to be observed with respect to search warrants under the **Magistrates' Court Act 1989** extend and apply to warrants under this section. S. 26M inserted by No. 93/2001 s. 36.