CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 456.15 Applying for warrants by telephone or other electronic means

CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 456.15

  (1)   The Registrar or an authorised officer may apply to a magistrate for a warrant by telephone, fax or other electronic means:

  (a)   in an urgent case; or

  (b)   if the delay that would occur if an application were made in person would frustrate the effective execution of the warrant.

  (2)   An application under subsection   (1):

  (a)   must include all information that would be required in an ordinary application for a warrant; and

  (b)   if necessary, may be made before the information is sworn or affirmed.

  (3)   The magistrate may require:

  (a)   communication by voice to the extent that it is practicable in the circumstances; and

  (b)   any further information.

  (4)   The function of issuing a warrant is conferred on the magistrate in a personal capacity and not as a court or a member of a court. The magistrate need not accept the function conferred.