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Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Powers in relation to civil defence emergency management

79: Form and content of warrant

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"What a warrant must look like and what it must say"

When a warrant is issued under section 78, you need to know it must follow some rules. It has to be in a special form that is already decided. The warrant will say how long it is valid for, and this can be up to 10 days.

The warrant is given to a specific constable, a group of constables, or all constables. It might also have some special conditions that a District Court Judge decides. These conditions will be written in the warrant.

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Part 5Powers in relation to civil defence emergency management

79Form and content of warrant

  1. A warrant issued under section 78 must—

  2. be in the prescribed form; and
    1. state the period, not exceeding 10 days, for which it is valid; and
      1. be directed to any constable by name, or to any class of constables stated in the warrant, or generally to every constable; and
        1. be subject to any special conditions that the District Court Judge may state in the warrant.