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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

Complaints and discipline - Intervention in practice

174: Obligation to produce warrant

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"Showing your warrant when you need to"

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You must carry a warrant with you if you are executing it under section 172 or section 173. You have to show the warrant and your identity when you first enter and if someone asks you later. You must give a copy of the warrant within 7 days if someone asks for it.

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Part 7Complaints and discipline
Intervention in practice

174Obligation to produce warrant

  1. Any person who executes a warrant issued under section 172 or section 173—

  2. must carry the warrant with him or her; and
    1. must produce the warrant for inspection, along with evidence of his or her identity, on initial entry and, if requested, at any subsequent time; and
      1. must, if requested at the time of the execution of the warrant or at any subsequent time, provide a copy of the warrant within 7 days after the request is made.