Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A written warrant may be executed by using—
(a) a copy of the warrant printed from a fax machine or computer; or
(b) a document prescribed under a regulation containing information about outstanding warrants.
(2) The warrant copy mentioned in subsection (1)(a) must contain, in the text printed from the fax machine or computer—
(a) a certificate of a person using the fax machine or computer to send or make available the copy that the person has seen the original warrant and the copy is a copy of the original warrant; and
(b) a statement specifying the time the copy was sent or made available.
(3) The copy may be used to execute the original warrant for only 8 hours after the specified time.
(4) In a proceeding before a court in which execution of the warrant is relevant—
(a) a document purporting to be a warrant copy mentioned in subsection (1)(a) certified by the person receiving the copy is admissible as proof of the warrant it purports to be; and
(b) a document purporting to be a prescribed document mentioned in subsection (1)(b), certified under a regulation, is admissible as proof of the warrants it purports to contain information about.
(5) However, the court may require the original warrant to be produced as soon as practicable or at a later specified time.