POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 43A Search warrant may be issued in certain cases

POISONS AND THERAPEUTIC GOODS ACT 1966 - SECT 43A

43A Search warrant may be issued in certain cases

(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 who is authorised by the Minister or the Secretary to do so may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant for premises if entry to the premises has been refused, or an attempt to enter has been, or is likely to be, unsuccessful, and--

(a) there are reasonable grounds for believing that an offence under this Act or the regulations has been, or is being, committed on the premises, or

(b) the search warrant is sought in order to exercise a power conferred by section 43 (2).

(3) 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 person named in the warrant to enter the premises.

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