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CHEMICAL WEAPONS (PROHIBITION) ACT 1994 - SECT 50

Compliance inspection warrants

  (1)   A national inspector may apply to a magistrate under this section for a compliance inspection warrant in relation to a declared facility.

  (2)   A magistrate may issue a compliance inspection warrant in relation to a declared facility if the magistrate is satisfied, by information on oath, that it is reasonably necessary to exercise inspection powers for a compliance purpose.

  (3)   A warrant issued under this section must:

  (a)   describe the premises to which the warrant relates; and

  (b)   state the name of the national inspector responsible for executing the warrant; and

  (c)   specify the period for which the warrant remains in force, which must not be more than 7 days; and

  (d)   state whether the entry is authorised to be made at any time of the day or night or during specified hours of the day or night; and

  (e)   state the purpose for which the warrant is issued.

  (4)   Paragraph   (3)(c) does not prevent the issue of successive warrants in relation to the same premises.



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