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 Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
255Amendments to Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
This section amends the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
Section 119(1) is amended by—
- omitting District Court Judge or Justice of the Peace or Community Magistrate or any Registrar who is satisfied, on application in writing made on oath and substituting 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 that Act; and
- omitting in the prescribed form.
Section 119 is amended by repealing subsections (3) to (8) and substituting the following subsections:
Subject to subsection (4), the provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply.
Despite subsection (3), 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.
Section 120 is repealed.