PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 749 Issue of warrant

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 749

749 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 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 inspector or authorised officer may, with necessary and reasonable help and force—

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

(ii) exercise the inspector’s or authorised officer’s powers under this part; and

(c) particulars of the offence that the magistrate considers appropriate in the circumstances; and

(d) the name of the person suspected of having committed 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.