New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 63W

63W Search warrants

(1) An inspector may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant in respect of any place if the inspector has reasonable grounds for believing that--

(b) a serious electricity works accident has occurred in the place, or

(c) a provision of this Part or the regulations made for the purposes of this Part has been or is being contravened in the place.

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

(a) to enter the place, and

(b) to search the place for evidence of the occurrence of a serious electricity works accident.

(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--

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