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FOOD ACT 2004 - SECT 51

Search warrants

    (1)     An authorised officer may apply to a Local Court Judge for a search warrant if the authorised officer has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence against this Act or the Regulations has been or is being committed on premises.

    (2)     A Local Court Judge to whom an application is made under subsection (1) may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising the authorised officer named in the warrant, when accompanied by a member of the Police Force and the other persons (if any) named in the warrant to:

        (a)     enter the premises concerned; and

        (b)     search the premises for evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act or the Regulations.



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