New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT 1992 - SECT 125

125 Search warrant

(1) An authorised person may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant if the person has reasonable grounds for believing:

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

(b) that entry into or onto any premises is necessary for the purpose of investigating a complaint made or intended to be made under Part 4 that, if substantiated, may provide grounds for the suspension or deregistration of a registered medical practitioner.

(2) An authorised person must not apply for a search warrant unless the person or the Director-General has caused the President to be notified of the application.

(3) An authorised officer to whom the application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising an authorised person named in the warrant:

(a) to enter the premises, and

(b) to exercise in the premises the functions of the authorised person under this Part.

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

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