New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH CARE COMPLAINTS ACT 1993 - SECT 63F

63F Search warrant

(1) An authorised person may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant if the person has reasonable grounds for believing that entry to premises is necessary for the purpose of assessing a person's compliance with a relevant matter.

(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 authorised person named in the search warrant to--

(a) enter the premises specified in the warrant, and

(b) exercise on the premises the functions of an authorised person under section 63E.

(3) Part 5, Division 4 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 .