Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) An inspector may
apply to a JP for an entry warrant authorising entry to a place.
(2) The application
must be made in person, subject to section 167A.
(3) The application
must —
(a) be
made on oath and in writing; and
(b)
contain a description of the place to be entered; and
(c)
state the grounds on which the entry warrant is sought; and
(d)
contain any other prescribed information.
(4) The JP may issue
an entry warrant authorising entry to the place if satisfied —
(a) that
there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is a thing or activity
at the place that —
(i)
is, or may be evidence of, an offence against this Act;
or
(ii)
may contain or provide, or enable access to or the
recovery of, evidence of an offence against this Act;
or
(b) that
the issue of the warrant is reasonably necessary to enable an inspector to
exercise compliance powers.
(5) The entry warrant
must contain the following information —
(a) a
description of the place to be entered;
(b) the
purpose for which the warrant is issued;
(c) a
description of any thing, or class of things, to which section 167C(1)(f)
applies;
(d) a
description of any document, or class of documents, to which
section 167C(1)(i) applies;
(e) the
hours of the day or night when the place may be entered;
(f) the
period, not exceeding 30 days, during which the warrant may be executed;
(g) the
name of the JP who issued the warrant;
(h) the
date and time when the warrant was issued.
(6) The entry warrant
must be in the prescribed form.