30BPowers of authorised officers to enter premises with warrant

30B Powers of authorised officers to enter premises with warrant

30B Powers of authorised officers to enter premises with warrant

(1) An authorised officer may apply to an authorised warrants officer for the issue of a search warrant if the authorised 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 warrants 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 authorised officer to enter and search the premises.

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

s 30B: Ins 2012 No 85, Sch 1 [16].