39JPowers of enforcement officers to enter premises with warrant

39J Powers of enforcement officers to enter premises with warrant

39J Powers of enforcement officers to enter premises with warrant

(1) An enforcement officer may apply to an authorised officer for the issue of a search warrant if the enforcement officer believes on reasonable grounds that any provision of this Act or the regulations 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 enforcement officer to enter and search the premises.

(3) An enforcement 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 or the regulations, and

(c) exercise any other function of an enforcement officer under this Part.

(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.

ss 39I–39K: Ins 2012 No 49, Sch 1 [73].