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Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions - Amendments to search and seizure powers in other enactments (and to related provisions) used for law enforcement purposes or for law enforcement and regulatory purposes - Amendments to Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997

184: Issue of search warrants

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You can get a search warrant if an issuing officer is satisfied with your application. The issuing officer is someone who has the power to issue warrants under the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. You must make your application in the way set out in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. You can get a warrant to search for things like products made or imported against the law. The Search and Surveillance Act 2012 has rules about how search warrants work. These rules apply when you get a warrant, except in some special cases. Some parts of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 only apply to police officers. You can read more about the rules for search warrants in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. The rules for search warrants are set out in Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

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Part 5Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Amendments to search and seizure powers in other enactments (and to related provisions) used for law enforcement purposes or for law enforcement and regulatory purposes: Amendments to Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997

184Issue of search warrants

  1. Section 69(1) is amended by—

  2. omitting Any District Court Judge or Justice of the Peace or any Registrar who is satisfied, on application in writing made on oath and substituting An issuing officer (within the meaning of section 3 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012) who is satisfied, on an application made in the manner provided in subpart 3 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012; and
    1. omitting in the form set out in Schedule 1.

      1. Section 69(1) is amended by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

      2. any trade name product or agricultural compound manufactured or imported in breach of the provisions of this Act:

        1. Section 69(1)(c) is amended by omitting paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) and substituting paragraph (a), (b), or (ba).

        2. Section 69 is amended by repealing subsections (2) to (4) and substituting the following subsections:

        3. Subject to subsection (3) and section 70, the provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply.

        4. Despite subsection (2), sections 118 and 119 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply only in respect of a warrant issued to a named constable or to every constable.