New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1983 - SECT 248A

248A Search warrants

(1) The Registrar may apply to an authorised officer for a search warrant if the Registrar has reasonable grounds for believing--

(a) that a provision of this Act or the regulations has been or is being contravened, or

(b) that records required to be provided to an investigator under section 218 have not been so provided, or

(c) that records required to be provided to an administrator under section 227 have not been so provided.

(2) An authorised officer to whom an application for a search warrant is made under this section may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising the Registrar, when accompanied by a police officer, and any other person named in the warrant--

(a) to enter specified premises, and

(b) to search the premises for evidence of a contravention of this Act or the regulations or records required to be provided to an investigator or administrator, that have not been so provided.

(3) Division 4 of Part 5 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 applies to a search warrant issued under this section.

(4) In this section--

"authorised officer" means an authorised officer within the meaning of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 .