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GENE TECHNOLOGY (GM CROP MORATORIUM) ACT 2004 (NO. 40 OF 2004) - SECT 22

Warrants

    (1)     An inspector may apply to a magistrate for a warrant to enter premises.

    (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 inspector gives the magistrate any information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.

    (4)     The magistrate may issue a warrant only if satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—

        (a)     there is a particular thing or activity connected with an offence against this Act; and

        (b)     the thing or activity is at the premises, or may be at the premises within the next 14 days.

    (5)     The warrant must state—

        (a)     the offence for which the warrant is sought; and

        (b)     that an inspector may, with necessary assistance and force, enter the premises and exercise the inspector's powers under this part; and

        (c)     the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and

        (d)     the hours when the premises may be entered; and

        (e)     the date, within 14 days after the day of the warrant's issue, the warrant ends.



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