LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 548 Issue of warrant

LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 2007 - SECT 548

548 Issue of warrant

(1) The magistrate may issue the warrant for the place only if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—

(a) there is a particular thing or activity (
"the evidence" ) that may provide evidence about a matter that is the subject of a complaint or investigation matter that the investigator is investigating under this Act or evidence (also
"the evidence" ) of an offence against this Act; and

(b) the evidence is at the place or, within the next 7 days, will be at the place.

(2) The warrant must state—

(a) the place to which the warrant applies; and

(b) that a stated investigator may, with necessary and reasonable help and force—

(i) enter the place and another place necessary for entry to the place; and

(ii) exercise the investigator’s powers under this part; and

(c) particulars of the matter that is the subject of the complaint or investigation matter, or particulars of the offence, that the magistrate considers appropriate in the circumstances; and

(d) the name of the person about whom the complaint is made or who is the subject of the investigation matter, or the person suspected of committing the offence, unless the name is unknown or the magistrate considers it inappropriate to state the name; and

(e) the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and

(f) the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered; and

(g) the magistrate’s name; and

(h) the date and time of the warrant’s issue; and

(i) the date, within 14 days after the warrant’s issue, the warrant ends.