Western Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

MEDICAL ACT 1894 - SECT 12G

12G .         Issue of warrant

        (1)         A magistrate to whom an application is made under section 12F may issue a warrant if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that entry and inspection of the premises are necessary for the purpose referred to in that section.

        (2)         A warrant under subsection (1) authorises the investigator —

            (a)         to enter and inspect the premises named in the warrant;

            (b)         to require a person on the premises to answer questions or produce documents or other things in the person’s possession concerning the investigation; and

            (c)         to inspect documents and other things, and take copies of or extracts from documents, produced in compliance with a requirement made under paragraph (b).

        (3)         There must be stated in a warrant —

            (a)         the purpose for which the warrant is issued;

            (b)         the name of the person to whom the warrant is issued; and

            (c)         a description of the premises that may be entered.

        (4)         A magistrate who issues a warrant must cause a record to be made of particulars of the grounds that the magistrate has relied on to justify the issue of the warrant.

        [Section 12G inserted by No. 55 of 2004 s. 728.]