Water NSW Act 2014
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69 Search warrants
69 Search warrants
(1) An authorised officer may apply to an issuing officer for a search warrant if the officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a provision of this Act or the regulations has been or is being contravened on land.
(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, when accompanied by a police officer, and any other person named in the warrant—
(a) to enter the land concerned, and
(b) to search the land for evidence of a contravention of this Act or the regulations.
(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) In this section—
issuing officer means an authorised officer within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.