New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENTALLY HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS ACT 1985 - SECT 46

46 Search warrant

(2) An authorised officer under this Act may apply to an issuing officer for a search warrant if the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a provision of this Act, the regulations or a chemical control order has been or is being contravened in or on any dwelling or land used in connection with any dwelling.

(3) An issuing officer to whom an application is made under subsection (2) may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising an authorised officer named in the warrant, when accompanied by a member of the police force:

(a) to enter the dwelling or land and therein to exercise the powers specified in section 45 (1), and

(b) to search the dwelling and land for evidence of a contravention of this Act, the regulations or a chemical control order.

(4) Division 4 of Part 5 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 applies to a search warrant issued under this section.

(5) In this section:
"issuing officer" means an authorised officer within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 .