57ZNMonitoring warrants

##### 57ZN Monitoring warrants Application for monitoring warrant (1) An inspector may apply to a Magistrate for a warrant under this section in relation to particular premises. The warrant is to be known as a monitoring warrant. Issue of monitoring warrant (2) Subject to subsection (3), the Magistrate may issue the monitoring warrant if he or she is satisfied, by information on oath or affirmation, that it is reasonably necessary that the inspector should have access to the premises for the purpose of finding out whether any or all of sections 57B, 57C and 57N are being complied with. Information about grounds for issue of monitoring warrant (3) The Magistrate must not issue the monitoring warrant unless the inspector or another person has given the Magistrate, either orally (on oath or affirmation) or by affidavit, such further information as the Magistrate requires about the grounds on which the issue of the monitoring warrant is being sought. Terms of warrant (4) The monitoring warrant must: (a) authorise an inspector named in the monitoring warrant, with such assistance and by such force as is necessary and reasonable, from time to time while the monitoring warrant remains in force, to enter the premises and exercise monitoring powers; and (b) state whether an entry under the monitoring warrant is authorised to be made at any time of the day or night or during specified hours of the day or night; and (c) specify the day (not more than 6 months after the issue of the monitoring warrant) on which the monitoring warrant ceases to have effect; and (d) state the purpose for which the monitoring warrant is issued. Seizure powers (5) If an inspector enters premises under a monitoring warrant, the inspector may exercise powers of seizure conferred on the inspector by section 69B or 69M.