Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
section 5 offence has the meaning given by
section 5 of the Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act 2003 .
(2) This section has
effect if —
(a) a
police officer applies under section 15 or 16 for a warrant and the offence
concerned is a section 5 offence; or
(b) an
officer of the Corruption and Crime Commission applies under section 15 or 16
for a warrant.
(3) The effects of
this section are that —
(a)
instead of the court having to be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds
for believing anything described in section 13(1)(a) or 17(1)(a), it is
sufficient that the court be satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for
suspecting it;
(b) in
the case of an application referred to in subsection (2)(a) the court to which
the application is made is to regard the fact that the offence concerned is a
section 5 offence as justifying investigative powers in addition to those that
it might otherwise regard as being in the public interest;
(c) in
the case of an application referred to in subsection (2)(b), the court to
which the application is made is to regard the fact that the application is
made by the Corruption and Crime Commission or an officer of the Corruption
and Crime Commission as justifying investigative powers in addition to those
that it might otherwise regard as being in the public interest; and
(d)
anything that the warrant may authorise to be done if there is a reasonable
belief as to any matter may be authorised by the warrant to be done also if
there is a reasonable suspicion as to the matter.
[Section 18A inserted: No. 78 of 2003 s. 74(1);
amended: No. 35 of 2014 s. 39.]