535Search warrant—escaping from youth justice custodial centre or other custody

535 Search warrant—escaping from youth justice custodial centre or other custody

(1) A police officer may apply to a magistrate for the issue of a search warrant for a child or young person if the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that the child or young person has committed, or is committing, an offence against section 533.

(2) If a magistrate is satisfied by evidence on oath or by affirmation (whether oral or by affidavit) that there are reasonable grounds for the belief referred to in subsection (1), the magistrate may issue a search warrant authorising the person to whom the warrant is directed—

(a) to break, enter and search any place where the child or young person is suspected to be; and

(b) to arrest the child or young person and bring the child or young person before a bail justice or the Children's Court as soon as practicable to be dealt with according to law.

(3) A search warrant must be issued in accordance with the Magistrates' Court Act 1989.

(4) Subject to this Act, the rules that apply to search warrants under the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 extend and apply to a search warrant under this section.