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Strata Schemes Management Act 2015
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#### 211H Search warrants
211H Search warrants
> > (1) An authorised officer may apply to an issuing officer for a search warrant if the applicant believes on reasonable grounds that a provision of this Part or regulations made under this Part has been or is being contravened on premises.
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> > (2) An issuing officer to whom an application for a search warrant is made under this section may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising an authorised officer named in the warrant and any other person named in the warrant—
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> > > (a) to enter the premises concerned, and
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> > > (b) to search the premises for evidence of a contravention of this Part or regulations made under this Part.
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> > (3) Division 4 of Part 5 of the [Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-103) applies to a search warrant issued under this section.
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> > (4) Without limiting the generality of section 71 of the [Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-103), a police officer—
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> > > (a) may accompany an authorised officer executing a search warrant issued under this section, and
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> > > (b) may take all reasonable steps to assist the authorised officer in the exercise of the officer’s functions under this section.
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> > (5) In this section—
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> > issuing officer means an authorised officer within the meaning of the [Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-103).
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> **pt 11, div 3A (ss 211B–211M):** Ins 2018 No 49, Sch 1\[29\].