34Search warrants

34 Search warrants

34 Search warrants

(1) A police officer may apply to an authorised officer for the issue of a search warrant for premises if the police officer believes on reasonable grounds—

(a) that a provision of this Act or the regulations is being or has been contravened on the premises, or

(b) that there is on the premises evidence of a contravention of a provision of this Act or the regulations.

(2) An authorised officer to whom such an application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising a police officer named in the warrant—

(a) to enter and inspect the premises, and

(b) to exercise on the premises any function of a police officer under this Part.

(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, authorised officer has the same meaning as in the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.

s 34: Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.97A [1]–[3] (ins 2004 No 7, Sch 2.1 [2]).