Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) After section 160(1) of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 insert —
"(1A) A police officer may apply to a magistrate for the issue of a search warrant in relation to particular premises (including any vehicle on or in those premises) or a particular vehicle located in a public place if—
(a) the police officer intends to serve, or has served, on a person an interstate order or an application for an interstate order made against the person, or an interstate protection notice issued against the person; and
(b) the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that the person is in possession of a firearm, a firearms authority, ammunition or a weapon at premises or in a vehicle, other than premises at which the person resides or has resided or at which the person committed or allegedly committed family violence or a vehicle registered in the person's name.".
(2) In section 160(3)(b) of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 , after "subsection (1)(b)(ii)" insert "or (1A)".