Wine Australia Act 2013
39ZIAOffences relating to warrants by telephone and other electronic means
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39ZIA Offences relating to warrants by telephone and other electronic means
Offence for stating incorrect names in warrants by telephone and other electronic means (1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person states a name of a magistrate in a document; and (b) the document purports to be a form of warrant under section 39ZI; and (c) the name is not the name of the magistrate who issued the warrant.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
Offence for unauthorised form of warrant (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person states a matter in a form of warrant under section 39ZI; and (b) the matter departs in a material particular from the form authorised by the magistrate.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
Offence for execution etc. of unauthorised form of warrant (3) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person executes a document or presents a document to a person; and (b) the document purports to be a form of warrant under section 39ZI; and (c) the document: (i) has not been approved by a magistrate under that section; or (ii) departs in a material particular from the terms authorised by the magistrate under that section.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
Offence for giving unexecuted form of warrant (4) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person gives a magistrate a form of warrant under section 39ZI; and (b) the document is not the form of warrant that the person executed.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.