Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00030:section:125
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00030
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 125
Character Range: 234805–236271

125  Monitoring warrants
 (1) An authorised officer may apply to a magistrate for a warrant under this section in relation to premises.
 (2) Subject to subsection (3), the magistrate may issue the warrant if the magistrate is satisfied, by information on oath, that it is reasonably necessary that one or more authorised officers should have access to the premises for the purposes of substantiating information provided under this Act or the regulations or of determining whether this Act or the regulations have been complied with.
 (3) The magistrate must not issue the warrant unless the authorised officer or some other person has given to the magistrate, either orally or by affidavit, such further information (if any) as the magistrate requires concerning the grounds on which the issue of the warrant is being sought.
 (4) The warrant must:
 (a) authorise one or more authorised officers (whether or not named in the warrant), with such assistance and by such force as is necessary and reasonable:
 (i) to enter the premises; and
 (ii) to exercise the powers set out in section 111 in relation to the premises; and
 (b) state whether the entry is authorised to be made at any time of the day or during specified hours of the day; and
 (c) specify the day (not more than 6 months 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.

Part 11A—Information‑gathering powers