SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1985 - SECT 17 Use of force to enter premises etc
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SEARCH WARRANTS ACT 1985 - SECT 17
Use of force to enter premises etc17 Use of force to enter premises etc
(1) A person authorised to enter premises pursuant to a search warrant may use such force as is reasonably necessary for the purpose of entering the premises.
(2) A person authorised to search premises pursuant to a search warrant may, if it is reasonably necessary to do so, break open any receptacle in or on the premises for the purposes of that search.