Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) An inspector may
apply to a magistrate for a warrant to enter a place.
(2) The application
must be sworn and state the grounds on which the warrant is sought.
(3) The magistrate may
refuse to consider the application until the inspector gives the magistrate
all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way
the magistrate requires.
(4) The magistrate may
issue the warrant only if satisfied there are reasonable grounds —
(a) for
suspecting the affairs or activities of a co-operative are being managed or
conducted at the place; or
(b) for
suspecting there are relevant documents at the place; or
(c) for
suspecting —
(i)
there is a particular thing or activity that may provide
evidence of an offence against this Act; and
(ii)
that thing or activity is at the place, or may be at the
place, within the next 7 days.
(5) The warrant must
state —
(a) that
the inspector may, with reasonable and necessary help and force, enter the
place and exercise the inspector’s powers under this Act; and
(b) the
suspected offence (if any)for which the warrant was issued; and
(c) any
evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and
(d) the
hours when the place may be entered; and
(e) the
date, within 7 days after the warrant’s issue, when the warrant ends.
[Section 412 amended: No. 7 of 2016 s. 157.]