WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 521
Search warrants
521 Search warrants
(1) An authorised person may apply to a magistrate for a
search warrant for a place.
(2) The application must be sworn and state the
grounds on which the warrant is sought.
(3) The magistrate may refuse to
consider the application until the authorised person gives the magistrate all
the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the
magistrate requires.
Example—
The magistrate may require additional
information supporting the application to be given by statutory declaration.
(4) The magistrate may issue a search warrant 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, or may be within the next 72 hours, at the place.
(5)
The search warrant must state—
(a) that a stated authorised person may, with
necessary and reasonable help and force, enter the place and exercise the
authorised person’s powers under this part; and
(b) the offence for which
the search warrant is sought; and
(c) the evidence that may be seized under
the search warrant; and
(d) the hours of the day or night when the place may
be entered; and
(e) the date, within 7 days after the search warrant’s
issue, the search warrant ends.
