Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00556:section:32af
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00556
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 32AF
Character Range: 156333–157656

32AF  Offence related warrants
 (1) An investigator may apply to a magistrate for a warrant under this section in relation to particular premises.
 (2) Subject to subsection (3), the magistrate may issue the warrant if satisfied, by information on oath, that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is, or there may be within the next 72 hours, on the premises a particular thing that may afford evidence of the commission of a civil aviation offence.
 (3) The magistrate must not issue the warrant unless the investigator or someone else has given the magistrate, either orally or by affidavit, any further information the magistrate may require about the grounds on which the issue of the warrant is being sought.
 (4) The warrant must:
 (a) authorise an investigator named in the warrant, with such assistance and by such force as is necessary and reasonable:
 (i) to enter the premises; and
 (ii) to search the premises for the thing; and
 (iii) if the thing is found—to seize it; and
 (b) state whether the entry is authorised to be made at any time of the day or night or during specified hours of the day or night; and
 (c) specify the day (not more than one week after the issue of the warrant) on which the warrant ceases to have effect; and
 (d) state the purpose for which the warrant is issued.