New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GENE TECHNOLOGY (GM CROP MORATORIUM) ACT 2003 - SECT 29

29 Search warrants

(1) An inspector may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant for premises if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds--

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

(b) that there is on the premises evidence of a contravention of a provision of this Act or the regulations.

(2) An authorised officer to whom such an application is made 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 and inspect any premises, and

(b) to exercise the powers, or any specified powers, of an inspector 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--

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