FORM WENT

CHILDREN’S COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

WARRANT
(ENTRY AND INSPECTION)
Section 231 (4)
Children and Community Services Act 2004 /

In the Children’s Court at Perth

Application No:

Details of place

/ Surname/Business Name: / Date of Birth (if applicable)
Given Names (if applicable): / Gender (if applicable) / Male / Female
Address of place:
Details of Applicant / Name:
Agency Name:
Address:
State: Postcode:
Phone No: Fax No: Email:

Section

/
This warrant is issued under section 231(4)
Authority and Directions / To all officers authorised for the purposes of Part 8 of the Act
You are hereby authorised under Section 231(4):
·  to enter that place; and
·  to inspect that place.

WARRANT AUTHORISATION

Issued at
/ [Court Location] / Date and Time Issued:
Issued by: / [Signature of Judge/Magistrate] / [Seal of the Court]
Name: / Judge / Magistrate:
EXECUTION
DETAILS / On the day of 20 at hours
at [address] , I
executed the warrant (entry and inspection).
was not able to execute warrant (entry and inspection) despite every effort made to do so.
determined that entry and inspection was no longer necessary.
Signature of authorised officer Date:
Children and Community Services Act 2004 / - 2 -
231. Powers of entry and inspection
(1) In this section –
“licensing officer” means an officer appointed under section 25 for the purposes of this Part.
(2) A licensing officer may
(a) enter at any reasonable time any place specified in a licence as a place at which a child care service may be provided and inspect that place and any equipment or other thing at that place;
(b) require any person who is at a place entered in accordance with this section to provide any information that is necessary for the purpose of investigating compliance with the licence or the regulations; and
(c) inspect and for that purpose require the production of, any register, record or other document that any person is required by the regulations to keep and copy or take extracts from any such register, record or other document.
(3) A person must not, without lawful excuse, fail to comply with a requirement under subsection (2)(b) or (c).
Penalty: $6 000.
(4) If a magistrate is satisfied by evidence on oath that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a child care service is being provided at a place other than a place at which such a service may be provided under a licence, the magistrate may issue a warrant to a licensing officer or a police officer authorising the officer to enter and inspect that place.