New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FISHERIES MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 214

214 Search warrant

(1) A fisheries officer may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant if the fisheries officer believes on reasonable grounds that live noxious fish are, or live noxious marine vegetation is, located on any specified premises.

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

(a) to enter the premises, and

(b) to search the premises for, and to seize and destroy, any noxious fish or noxious marine vegetation on the premises.

(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 it has in the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 .