Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015:section:490
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 490
Character Range: 782294–784185

490  Content of warrant
 (1) A warrant must do the following:
 (a) describe the premises or conveyance to which the warrant relates (as the case requires);
 (b) state the kind of warrant that it is;
 (c) state the purpose for which the warrant is issued;
 (d) either:
 (i) if the warrant is an entry warrant—state whether entry is authorised to be made; or
 (ii) if the warrant is a possession warrant—state whether possession is authorised to be taken;
  at any time of the day or during specified hours of the day;
 (e) specify the day on which the warrant ceases to be in force (subject to subsections (2) and (3));
 (f) comply with subsection (4) for that kind of warrant;
 (g) if the warrant is an entry warrant (other than an adjacent premises warrant), and biosecurity enforcement officers or biosecurity officers may be assisted by an animal—authorise the officers to use a specified kind of animal while exercising powers under the warrant;
 (h) if the warrant is an adjacent premises warrant, and a biosecurity enforcement officer or a biosecurity officer is to be assisted by an animal on the other premises to which access is needed—authorise a specified kind of animal to accompany the officer.

Maximum length of warrant
 (2) An adjacent premises warrant or a possession warrant must cease to be in force no later than 14 days after the day the warrant is issued.
 (3) A warrant other than a warrant mentioned in subsection (2) must cease to be in force no later than 1 month after the day the warrant is issued.

Specific information required for specific kinds of warrants
 (4) A warrant of a kind specified in column 1 of the following table must do the things specified in column 2 for a warrant of that kind.

Content of warrant
                    Column 1                               Column 2

                    This kind of warrant …                 must do this …