Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An inspector may apply to a magistrate for a warrant for a place or boat.
(2) The application must be sworn and state the grounds on which the warrant is sought.
(3) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the inspector gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.
Example—
The magistrate may require additional information supporting the application be given by statutory declaration.
(4) The magistrate may issue a warrant only if the magistrate is satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting—
(a) there is a particular thing or activity (the evidence) that may provide evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act; and
(b) the evidence is, or may be within the next 7 days, at the place or on the boat.
(5) The warrant must state—
(a) the inspector may, with necessary and reasonable help and force, enter the place, or board the boat, and exercise the inspector's powers under this Act; and
(b) the evidence for which the warrant is issued; and
(c) the hours of the day when entry may be made; and
(d) the day (within 14 days after the warrant's issue) when the warrant ends.