Western Australian Current Acts

HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES (COMPLAINTS) ACT 1995 - SECT 63

63 .         Application for warrant to enter premises etc.

        (1)         The Director may apply to a magistrate for a warrant to be issued in respect of premises.

        (2)         An application for a warrant must —

            (a)         be in writing; and

            (b)         set out the grounds for seeking the warrant; and

            (c)         describe the premises that are to be entered; and

            (d)         give a general description of the class of persons at the premises (if any) whom it is proposed to medically examine.

        (3)         A magistrate may require the Director to give more information about an application for a warrant.

        (4)         A magistrate to whom an application is made under this section must refuse it if —

            (a)         the application does not comply with the requirements of this Act; or

            (b)         when required to do so by the magistrate, the Director does not give to the magistrate more information about the application.

        (5)         The information in an application or given to a magistrate under this section must be verified before the magistrate on oath or affirmation or by affidavit, and the magistrate may for that purpose administer an oath or affirmation or take an affidavit.

        [Section 63 amended: No. 24 of 2000 s. 17.]