Maritime Transport Act 1994

Miscellaneous provisions applying to this Act generally - Powers of entry

455: Entry in respect of offences

You could also call this:

"Searching a place for evidence of maritime transport law breaches"

If you think someone has broken the Maritime Transport Act 1994, an issuing officer can give a warrant to search a place. The issuing officer must believe there are good reasons to think something is on the premises that shows an offence has been committed, or something that can be used as evidence, or something that will be used to commit an offence. You can find out more about how this works in the Search and Surveillance Act 2012.

The rules for searching a place are set out in Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012. These rules apply when an issuing officer gives a warrant to search a place. Some of these rules, like sections 118 and 119, only apply to police officers.

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454: Warrant to inspect dwellinghouse, marae, etc, or

"Getting a warrant to enter a house or marae for inspection"

456: Duties on exercising power of entry, or

"Rules to follow when entering a place, now no longer in force"

Part 30Miscellaneous provisions applying to this Act generally
Powers of entry

455Entry in respect of offences

Subject to subsection (2), an issuing officer (within the meaning of section 3 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012) may issue a warrant to enter and search a place if, on an application made by an authorised person in the manner provided in subpart 3 of Part 4 of that Act, the issuing officer is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that there is on or in the place (being a place specified in the application) any thing—
in respect of which an offence against this Act has been or may have been committed; or
that is or may be evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act; or
that is intended to be used for the commission of an offence against this Act.

The provisions of Part 4 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply.
Despite subsection (2), sections 118 and 119 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 apply only in respect of a constable.

Notes

Section 455: replaced, on 1 October 2012, by section 280 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012 (2012 No 24).