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 regulatory purposes - Amendments to International Energy Agreement Act 1976

321: New section 11 substituted

You could also call this:

"Searching for evidence of breaking the International Energy Agreement Act 1976 law"

If you think someone has broken a law related to the International Energy Agreement Act 1976, a special person can ask for a search warrant. This person must be authorised in writing by the chief executive, who is in charge of the department that looks after this law. The chief executive is the head of the department that the Prime Minister has put in charge of this law.

When asking for a search warrant, the person follows the rules in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012, specifically certain parts of it. You can find these rules in parts of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012, which explain how searches can be done. The person asking for the warrant has some of the same powers as a police officer.

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320: Power of entry, or

"Police can enter a place under certain conditions"

322: Amendments to Weights and Measures Act 1987, or

"Changes to the Weights and Measures Act 1987 to update rules and decision-making processes"

Part 5Amendments, repeals, and miscellaneous provisions
Amendments to search and seizure powers in other enactments (and to related provisions) used for regulatory purposes: Amendments to International Energy Agreement Act 1976

321New section 11 substituted

Section 11 is repealed and the following section substituted:
11Search warrants
1. If an offence created by or under this Act has been committed or is suspected of having been committed (notwithstanding that the offence is not punishable by imprisonment), any person authorised in writing by the chief executive may exercise the powers of a constable to apply for a warrant under section 6 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.
2. Subparts 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, and 10 of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply.
3. For the purposes of this section, chief executive means the chief executive of the department that, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is responsible for the administration of this Act.