# Authority of search warrant

> act-s487ZE — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

487ZE Authority of search warrant
          (1) A form of search warrant duly completed under
              subsection 487ZD(6) is authority for the same powers as are
              authorised by the search warrant signed by the issuing officer
              under subsection 487ZD(4).
          (2) In any proceedings, a court is to assume (unless the contrary is
              proved) that an exercise of power was not authorised by a search
              warrant under section 487ZD if:
                (a) it is material, in those proceedings, for the court to be
                    satisfied that the exercise of power was authorised by that
                    section; and
                (b) the warrant signed by the issuing officer authorising the
                    exercise of the power is not produced in evidence.