Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000
Amendment of section 73 (search warrants) of Principal Act.
67.—Section 73 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following for subsection (1):
“(1) If a Judge of the District Court is satisfied by information on oath of an authorised person or a member of the Garda Síochána that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is in possession on any premises or other land of any specimen of fauna, flora, fossils or minerals or any part, product or derivative of any such specimen or anything mentioned in section 72(7) of this Act or anything liable or believed to be liable to forfeiture under this Act and that as regards the specimen, part, product, derivative or thing an offence under this Act has been or is being committed, the Judge may issue a search warrant under this section.”.