Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) On an application
for an entry warrant, a magistrate may issue the warrant if satisfied that it
is necessary for an authorised officer to enter a place for an authorised
purpose.
(2) An entry warrant
must contain the following information —
(a) a
reasonably particular description of the place to which the warrant relates;
(b) a
reasonably particular description of the authorised purpose for which entry to
the place is required;
(c) if
the authorised purpose is the investigation of a suspected offence under this
Act – the provision of the Act suspected of being contravened;
(d) the
period, not exceeding 14 days, during which the warrant may be executed;
(e) the
name of the magistrate who issued the warrant;
(f) the
date and time when the warrant was issued.
(3) An entry warrant
must be in the form prescribed by the regulations.
(4) If a magistrate
issues an entry warrant on an application made by remote communication —
(a) if
it is practicable to send a copy of the original warrant to the applicant by
remote communication — the magistrate must do so; or
(b) if
it is not practicable —
(i)
the magistrate must provide the applicant, by remote
communication, with the information that must be set out in the warrant; and
(ii)
the applicant must complete a form of warrant with the
information received and give the magistrate a copy of the form as soon as
practicable after doing so; and
(iii)
the magistrate must attach the copy of the form to the
original warrant and any affidavit received from the applicant, and make them
available for collection by the applicant.
(5) The copy of the
original warrant sent, or the form of the warrant completed, under subsection
(4) has the same force and effect as the original warrant.
[Section 34W inserted: No. 47 of 2022 s. 29.]