Western Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION ACT 2006 - SECT 30

30 .         Entry and search with occupier’s consent

        (1)         This Part does not prevent an officer, with the informed consent of the occupier of a place, from exercising without a search warrant any of the powers that could be exercised under a search warrant in respect of the place.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Part, an occupier gives informed consent to an officer if the occupier consents after being informed by the officer —

            (a)         of the powers that the officer wants to exercise in respect of the place; and

            (b)         of the reason why the officer wants to exercise those powers; and

            (c)         that the occupier can refuse to consent to the officer doing so.