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(1) Any officer of the Ministry of Health authorised by the Minister to act under this section shall, on producing if so required a duly authenticated document showing his authority, have the right to enter at all reasonable hours any premises, vehicle, ship, or aircraft in which he has reasonable grounds for believing that there is any radioactive material or irradiating apparatus for the purpose of examining or testing that material or examining or calibrating that apparatus, as the case may be.
(2) If a Justice of the Peace or Community Magistrate is satisfied on oath by a person authorised as aforesaid that—
(a) Entry in exercise of the right conferred by subsection (1) of this section has been refused; or
(b) There are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence against this Act has been or is being committed in or in connection with any premises, vehicle, ship, or aircraft,—
the Justice or Community Magistrate may, by warrant under his hand, authorise any person named in the warrant together with any constable to enter and search any premises, vehicle, ship, or aircraft, if necessary by force.
(3) Every warrant granted under this section shall continue in force until the purpose for which it was granted has been satisfied.
Compare: 1949 No 42 s 22
In subsection (1) the words “or of any area health board”
were inserted by section 98 of the Area Health Boards Act 1983. Those words were subsequently omitted by section 32 Health Reforms (Transitional Provisions) Act 1993 (1993 No 23).
Subsection (2) was amended, as from 30 June 1998, by section 7 District Courts Amendment Act 1998 (1998 No 76), by inserting “or Community Magistrate”
.