Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

TREE PROTECTION (INTERIM SCHEME) ACT 2001 (REPEALED) - SECT 32

    (1)     An authorised person 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 authorised person gives to the magistrate all the 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 (the evidence ) connected with an offence against this Act; and

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

    (5)     The warrant must state—

        (a)     that an authorised person may, with necessary help and force, enter the premises and exercise the authorised person's powers under this part; and

        (b)     the offence for which the warrant is sought; 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 warrant's issue, the warrant ends.