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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 167

Search warrant

167 Search warrant

(1) An inspector may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant if the inspector believes on reasonable grounds that a provision of this Act has been or is being or is about to be contravened in or about any premises.
(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 the inspector named in the warrant to enter the premises and to search the premises for evidence of a contravention of this Act.
(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 .



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