CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 34

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 - SECT 34

34 .         Warrant (access) , application for and issue of

        (1)         An authorised officer may apply to a judge or magistrate for a warrant (access) if, in the course of an investigation referred to in section 32(1)(d), the officer —

            (a)         is denied access to a child; or

            (b)         believes that he or she will be denied such access; or

            (c)         is unable to obtain entry to a place where the officer suspects the child to be.

        (2)         An application under subsection (1) must be made in accordance with section 120.

        (3)         On an application under subsection (1) a judge or magistrate may issue a warrant (access) if the judge or magistrate is satisfied —

            (a)         as to a matter referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (c); or

            (b)         that there are reasonable grounds for the authorised officer to have the belief referred to in subsection (1)(b).

        Note for this section:

                Section 121 contains provisions about the effect of a warrant (access).

        [Section 34 amended: No. 8 of 2009 s. 32(3).]