New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CROWN LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 2016 - SECT 10.18

10.18 Search warrants

(1) An authorised officer may apply to a warrants issuing officer for the issue of a search warrant if the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that--

(a) a provision of this Act or the regulations is being or has been contravened at any premises, or

(b) there is in or on any premises any matter or a thing that is connected with an offence against this Act or the regulations.

(2) A warrants issuing officer to whom an application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising an authorised officer under this Act named in the warrant--

(a) to enter the premises, and

(b) to exercise any function of an authorised officer under this Part.

(3) Division 4 of Part 5 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 applies to a search warrant issued under this section.

(4) In this section--

"matter or a thing" connected with an offence means--

(a) matter or a thing with respect to which the offence has been committed, or

(b) matter or a thing that will afford evidence of the commission of an offence, or

(c) matter or a thing that was used, or is intended to be used, for the purpose of committing the offence.

"offence" includes an offence that there are reasonable grounds for believing has been, or is to be, committed.

"premises" has the same meaning as in the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 .

"warrants issuing officer" means an authorised officer as defined in the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 .