Western Australian Numbered Acts

CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY SERVICES ACT 2004 (NO. 34 OF 2004) - SECT 123

123 .         Authority conferred by warrant (provisional protection and care)

        (1)         In this section —

        "warrant (provisional protection and care)" means a warrant (provisional protection and care) issued under section 35(3) or  133(3).

        (2)         A warrant (provisional protection and care) authorises any authorised officer or police officer —

            (a)         to enter, at any time, any place where the officer reasonably believes the child to be;

            (b)         to search the place for the purpose of finding the child;

            (c)         to remain at the place for as long as the officer considers reasonably necessary to find the child; and

            (d)         if the child is found, to take the child into provisional protection and care and to such place as the CEO directs.