New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ACT 1980 - SECT 75A

75A Search warrants-entry of unlicensed premises

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

(2) A member of the police force may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant if the member of the police force has reasonable grounds for believing that premises are being used for the carrying on of a business for which a person is required to hold a licence.

(3) An authorised officer to whom such an application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for the belief referred to in subsection (2), issue a search warrant authorising a member of the police force named in the warrant to exercise, in relation to those premises, any powers of a member of the police force under section 75 (3) for any purpose specified in that subsection.

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