(1) Any search required for the purpose of an investigation shall be conducted by the Pharmacy Inspector under a warrant issued under this section.
(2) A magistrate or a judge may issue a warrant authorising a Pharmacy Inspector named in the warrant to enter and search specified premises, if, on an ex-parte application, the magistrate or judge is satisfied by information on oath, that any aspect of the practice of pharmacy is being carried out in contravention of this Act or the regulations on the premises.
(3) A Pharmacy Inspector who executes a warrant issued under this section, may exercise the powers described in section 51(2) and may seize, in addition to anything mentioned in the warrant—
(a) anything by means of or in relation to which the Pharmacy Inspector believes on reasonable grounds that this Act or the regulations have been contravened; or
(b) anything that the Pharmacy Inspector believes on reasonable grounds will afford evidence in respect of a contravention of this Act or the regulations.