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Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000 s 34

s 34 Search warrants

34.—(1) On an application under section 33, the court may issue a warrant authorising an authorised officer to enter and search the specified premises if the court is satisfied that —(a) an order made under section 22 in relation to any thing on the premises has not been complied with; or (b) the conditions in subsection (2) are fulfilled. (2) The conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(b) are —(a) that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a specified person has carried on or has benefited from a foreign offence; (b) that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the thing to which the application relates —(i) is likely to be of substantial value (whether by itself or together with another thing) to the criminal matter in respect of which the application is made; and (ii) does not consist of or include items subject to legal privilege; and (c) that the court is satisfied that it is not contrary to the public interest for the warrant to be issued.[6/2006] (3) A warrant issued under this section is subject to any conditions that the court may specify in the warrant.

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