Section 268CZEMigration Act 1958 (Cth)

Procedure for issuing warrant by telephone etc.

(1) If the magistrate or ART member issues a monitoring warrant under section 268CZD, the magistrate or ART member must complete and sign a warrant that is the same as the monitoring warrant that the magistrate or ART member would have issued if the application had been made under section 268CD.

(2) The magistrate or ART member must also:

(a) inform the authorised officer of:

(i) the terms of the warrant; and

(ii) the day and time when it was signed; and

(iii) the time at which it ceases to have effect (which must be no later than 48 hours after it is signed); and

(b) record on the warrant the reasons for issuing it.

(3) The authorised officer must:

(a) complete a form of warrant in the terms given to the authorised officer by the magistrate or ART member; and

(b) write on it the magistrate’s or ART member’s name and the day and time when the warrant was signed.

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