211HSearch warrants

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.

(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—

(a) to enter the premises concerned, and

(b) to search the premises for evidence of a contravention of this Part or regulations made under this Part.

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

(4) Without limiting the generality of section 71 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, a police officer—

(a) may accompany an authorised officer executing a search warrant issued under this section, and

(b) may take all reasonable steps to assist the authorised officer in the exercise of the officer’s functions under this section.

(5) In this section—

issuing officer means an authorised officer within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.

pt 11, div 3A (ss 211B–211M): Ins 2018 No 49, Sch 1[29].