Search warrants section 131 Animal Welfare Act
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From: Grace Haden
Dear Ministry of Justice,
1.BY way of OIA please provide the policy which a issuing officer (as defined by section 3 of the Search and Surveillance Act 2012) is required to comply with when issuing a search warrant.
2. please provide all documents which explain why a court seal or signature is not affixed to a warrant and
3. provide the policy and instructions for the requirement for the original warrant to be produced when being executed .
4, Please provide a copy of a sample legal search warrant and provide information as to how the issuing officer can be verified as a legitimately authorized person
what we are wishing to establish is the legitimacy of a document which purports to be a search warrant and only has a number affixed to it , no court seal and no signature or identifying feature to allow the person on whom the document is served to ascertain the authenticity of the document
Yours faithfully,
Grace Haden
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From: Grant, Alison
Ministry of Justice
Kia ora Grace,
Please find attached the response to your OIA request of 23 October 2020
regarding the issuing of search warrants.
Thanks
Nāku, nā Alison
Alison Grant (she/her)
Media Advisor | Communications Services
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture
DDI: +64 4 466 5058 | Ext 65058
M: 027 290 2119
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From: Grace Haden
Dear Grant, Alison,
Thank you for your response may I suggest that a policy is developed as to what constitutes a legal search warrant as a stamp with a number on it does not identify any one and it appears by your response that there is no policy that allows for warrants to be issued with a number on it .
we have attempted to have several warrants verified through the courts only to find that there is no record of them does this mean that the warrants are therefore forgeries .
is there any obligation of the court to hold a copy of the warrant and keep the application on file ?
Yours sincerely,
Grace Haden
From: Grant, Alison
Ministry of Justice
Kia ora Grace,
Thank you again for your follow-up questions to your OIA. Attached is a response.
Nāku, nā Alison
Alison Grant (she/her)
Media Advisor | Communications Services
Ministry of Justice | Tāhū o te Ture
DDI: +64 4 466 5058 | Ext 65058
M: 027 290 2119
[email address] | justice.govt.nz
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