Industrial Relations Act 1996 No 17
Historical version for 8 December 2000 to 18 June 2001 (accessed 20 May 2013 at 06:00) Current version
Chapter 7Part 4Section 388

388   Search warrant

(1)  An inspector may apply to an authorised justice for the issue of a search warrant if the inspector has reasonable grounds for believing that a provision of the industrial relations legislation or an industrial instrument has been or is being contravened in any premises.
(2)  The authorised justice to whom the application is made may, if satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for doing so, issue a search warrant authorising the inspector named in the warrant, when accompanied by a police officer:
(a)  to enter the premises, and
(b)  to search the premises for evidence of a contravention of the industrial relations legislation or industrial instrument.
(3)  Part 3 of the Search Warrants Act 1985 applies to a search warrant issued under this section.
(4)  In this section, authorised justice means an authorised justice within the meaning of the Search Warrants Act 1985.
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