Utilities Act 2000
157Warrants
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157 Warrants (1) An ICRC inspector may apply to a magistrate for a warrant to enter (2) The application must be sworn and state the grounds on which the warrant is sought. (3) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the inspector gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.
(4) The magistrate may issue a warrant only if satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting— (a) there is a particular thing or activity (the evidence) that may provide evidence of an offence against this Act or a related law; and (b) the evidence is, or may be within the next 14 days, at the (5) The warrant must state— (a) that an ICRC inspector may, with necessary help and force, enter the premises and exercise the inspector’s powers under this division; and (b) the offence for which the warrant is sought; and (c) the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and (d) the hours when the premises may be entered; and (e) the date, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.