(a) if there is a reasonably
practicable way of immediately giving a copy of the warrant to the authorised
person, including, for example, by sending a copy by fax or email, the
magistrate must immediately give a copy of the warrant to the authorised
person; or
(b) otherwise—
(i) the magistrate must tell the authorised
person the information mentioned in section 198(2) ; and
(ii) the authorised
person must complete a form of warrant, including by writing on it the
information mentioned in section 198(2) provided by the magistrate.
(3) The
copy of the warrant mentioned in subsection (2) (a) , or the form of warrant
completed under subsection (2) (b) (in either case the
"duplicate warrant" ), is a duplicate of, and as effectual as, the
original warrant.
(4) The authorised person must, at the first reasonable
opportunity, send to the magistrate—
(a) the written application complying
with section 197(2) and (3) ; and
(b) if the authorised person completed a
form of warrant under subsection (2) (b) —the completed form of warrant.
(5) The magistrate must keep the original warrant and, on receiving the
documents under subsection (4) —
"relevant magistrates court" , in relation to a magistrate, means the
Magistrates Court that the magistrate constitutes under the
Magistrates Act 1991.