Section 154Z — Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

(1) An inspector must not make, in an application for a warrant, a statement that the inspector knows to be false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) An inspector must not:

(a) state in a document that purports to be a form of warrant under section 154Y the name of a magistrate unless that magistrate issued the warrant; or

(b) state on a form of warrant under that section a matter that, to the inspector’s knowledge, departs in a material particular from the form authorised by the magistrate; or

(c) purport to execute, or present to another person, a document that purports to be a form of warrant under that section that the inspector knows:

(i) has not been approved by a magistrate under that section; or

(ii) departs in a material particular from the terms authorised by a magistrate under that section; or

(d) give to a magistrate a form of warrant under that section that is not the form of warrant that the inspector purported to execute.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

Related sections

• s 154W — Disposal of things if there is no owner or owner cannot be located
• s 154X — Issue of search warrants
• s 154Y — Search warrants by telephone, fax etc.
• s 154ZA — Powers conferred on magistrates
• s 154ZB — Operation of electronic equipment at premises
• s 154ZC — Compensation for damage to electronic equipment

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