New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FITNESS SERVICES (PRE-PAID FEES) ACT 2000 - SECT 12

12 Search warrants

(1) An investigator may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant if the investigator has reasonable grounds for believing that a provision of this Act or the regulations has been or is being or is about to be contravened in or about any 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 the investigator named in the warrant to enter the premises and to search the premises for evidence of a contravention of this Act or the regulations.

(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) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or hinder a person executing a search warrant issued to an investigator.

Maximum penalty: 1,000 penalty units.

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