New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ACT 1989 - SECT 58

58 Search warrants

(1) In this section:
"authorised officer" has the same meaning as it has in the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 .

(2) A person authorised in writing by the Council or the Minister may apply to an authorised officer for the issue of a search warrant if the person has reasonable grounds to believe that a provision of this Act or the regulations has been or is being contravened in any premises.

(3) An authorised officer to whom the application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising a person named in the warrant, when accompanied by a member of the Police Force:

(a) to enter the premises, and

(b) to exercise in the premises the functions of an authorised person under section 57.

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