Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD SAFETY (GENERAL) REGULATIONS 1999 - SCHEDULE 2A

Regulation 316 SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANT Court Ref.

This warrant is issued for the purpose of searching for and seizing the motor
vehicle described. Description of motor vehicle authorised for seizure:
· Registration number (if known):
· Vehicle identifier (if known):
· Engine identification number (if known):
· Make, model and colour of motor vehicle: Premises which may be searched for
motor vehicle: Number and name of street and suburb or other description of
premises: Grounds for issue of warrant: Reasonable grounds for believing that
the motor vehicle described above-
o is
o may be within the next 72 hours- in or on the premises described. This
warrant is issued to the following member(s) of the police force-
· Name:
· Rank number:
· Agency and address:
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authorises the member(s) of the police force named, with the aid of any
assistants considered reasonably necessary to achieve the purpose for which
the warrant was issued, to-
o enter the premises described;
o use reasonable force to break into or open any structure on the premises
described above that may store the motor vehicle described;
o search for and seize the motor vehicle described. This warrant also
authorises the member(s) of the police force named, or a person assisting that
member or those members, to seize and impound or immobilise the motor vehicle
described in this warrant. Nothing in this warrant authorises the seizure of
property not described in this warrant or the arrest of a person.
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ceases to have effect if it is recalled and cancelled by the magistrate who
issued it. If it is not recalled and cancelled, this warrant ceases to have
effect at the end of one month after its issue or when it is executed,
whichever occurs first. The person who executes this warrant must announce
that he or she is authorised by the warrant to enter the premises and must
give any person at the premises an opportunity to allow entry to the premises
before force is used to enter. If the occupier is present at the premises
where this warrant is being executed, the person executing the warrant must
identify himself or herself to the occupier and give the occupier a copy of
the warrant. If the occupier is not present at the premises where this warrant
is being executed, the person executing the warrant must identify himself or
herself to any other person at the premises and give that person a copy of the
warrant. ------------------------------------------------------------- This
warrant is issued under section 84ZH of the Road Safety Act 1986.
Issued at                 a.m./p.m. on     /    /     at                

by                               Magistrate.
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