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Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Act 2003
27GInformation in application for warrant
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27G Information in application for warrant
(1) A Supreme Court Judge must not issue a covert search warrant
unless the application for the warrant includes the following
information:
(a) the full name, rank and registered number of the applicant;
(b) the address or other description of the subject place;
(c) particulars of the grounds on which the application is based;
(d) the name of the following persons:
commission of the terrorist act for which the application
is made;
(ii) if no such person is an occupier of the subject place –
any occupier (if known) of the place;
(e) if it is proposed that an adjoining place be entered for the
purposes of entering the subject place – the address or other
description of the adjoining place and particulars of the
grounds on which entry to the adjoining place is required;
(f) the powers proposed to be exercised on entry to the subject
place;
(g) a description of the kinds of things proposed to be searched
for, seized, placed in substitution for a seized thing, copied,
photographed, recorded, operated, printed or tested;
(h) if power is sought to remove anything from the subject place
and replace it with a substitute:
(i) a description of the thing; and
(ii) the reasons why the power is needed;
(i) if power is sought to re-enter the subject place to return
anything removed from, or to retrieve anything substituted in,
the place when first entered under the warrant:
(i) a description of the thing; and
(ii) the reasons why the power is needed;
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(j) if a previous application for the same warrant was refused –
details of the refusal and any additional information provided
as required by section 27K;
(k) details of any covert search warrant that has previously been
issued for the subject place;
(l) any other information required by regulation.
(2) The applicant must give (either orally or in writing) the further
information the Judge requires concerning the grounds on which
the warrant is being sought.