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T-6.1 - Tobacco and Electronic Cigarette Sales Act

Section 7
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Designation, powers and duties of inspectors
7(1)The Minister may designate any person or class of persons as inspectors for the purposes of this Act.
7(2)The Minister shall furnish every inspector with a certificate of the inspector’s designation and, on entering any place for the purposes of inspection, an inspector shall, on demand, produce the certificate to the person in charge of the place.
7(3)For the purpose of enforcing this Act and the regulations, an inspector may
(a) at any reasonable time, enter and inspect premises where tobacco, smoking supplies or electronic cigarettes are sold or offered for sale,
(b) apply for an entry warrant under the Entry Warrants Act,
(c) arrange for test purchases of tobacco, smoking supplies or electronic cigarettes,
(d) request information or production for inspection of documents or other things that may be relevant to the carrying out of an inspection, and
(e) remove documents or other things produced as a result of a request under paragraph (d) or discovered during the inspection for the purpose of making copies or taking extracts.
7(4)An inspector removing a document or other thing from premises under subsection (3) shall first provide a receipt for it to the person in charge of the premises and, subject to subsection (5), shall promptly return the document or other thing to the premises after completion of the making of copies or taking of extracts, as the case may be.
7(5)An inspector may detain for the purposes of evidence any document or other thing that the inspector discovers while acting under this section and believes, on reasonable and probable grounds, may afford evidence of a violation of or a failure to comply with a provision of this Act or the regulations.
7(6)Copies of or extracts from documents or things removed from premises under this Act and certified by the person making the copies or taking the extracts as being true copies of or extracts from the originals are admissible in evidence to the same extent as, and have the same evidentiary value as, the documents or things of which they are copies or from which they are extracts.
2015, c.46, s.12; 2021, c.34, s.5
Designation, powers and duties of inspectors
7(1)The Minister may designate any person or class of persons as inspectors for the purposes of this Act.
7(2)The Minister shall furnish every inspector with a certificate of the inspector’s designation and, on entering any place for the purposes of inspection, an inspector shall, on demand, produce the certificate to the person in charge of the place.
7(3)For the purpose of enforcing this Act and the regulations, an inspector may
(a) at any reasonable time, enter and inspect premises where tobacco, smoking supplies or electronic cigarettes are sold or offered for sale,
(b) apply for an entry warrant under the Entry Warrants Act,
(c) arrange for test purchases of tobacco, smoking supplies or electronic cigarettes,
(d) request information or production for inspection of documents or other things that may be relevant to the carrying out of an inspection, and
(e) remove documents or other things produced as a result of a request under paragraph (d) or discovered during the inspection for the purpose of making copies or taking extracts.
7(4)An inspector removing a document or other thing from premises under subsection (3) shall first provide a receipt for it to the person in charge of the premises and, subject to subsection (5), shall promptly return the document or other thing to the premises after completion of the making of copies or taking of extracts, as the case may be.
7(5)An inspector may detain for the purposes of evidence any document or other thing that the inspector discovers while acting under this section and believes, on reasonable and probable grounds, may afford evidence of a violation of or a failure to comply with a provision of this Act or the regulations.
7(6)Copies of or extracts from documents or things removed from premises under this Act and certified by the person making the copies or taking the extracts as being true copies of or extracts from the originals are admissible in evidence to the same extent as, and have the same evidentiary value as, the documents or things of which they are copies or from which they are extracts.
2015, c.46, s.12
Designation, powers and duties of inspectors
7(1)The Minister may designate any person or class of persons as inspectors for the purposes of this Act.
7(2)The Minister shall furnish every inspector with a certificate of the inspector’s designation and, on entering any place for the purposes of inspection, an inspector shall, on demand, produce the certificate to the person in charge of the place.
7(3)For the purpose of enforcing this Act and the regulations, an inspector may
(a) at any reasonable time, enter and inspect premises where tobacco is sold or offered for sale,
(b) apply for an entry warrant under the Entry Warrants Act,
(c) arrange for test purchases of tobacco,
(d) request information or production for inspection of documents or other things that may be relevant to the carrying out of an inspection, and
(e) remove documents or other things produced as a result of a request under paragraph (d) or discovered during the inspection for the purpose of making copies or taking extracts.
7(4)An inspector removing a document or other thing from premises under subsection (3) shall first provide a receipt for it to the person in charge of the premises and, subject to subsection (5), shall promptly return the document or other thing to the premises after completion of the making of copies or taking of extracts, as the case may be.
7(5)An inspector may detain for the purposes of evidence any document or other thing that the inspector discovers while acting under this section and believes, on reasonable and probable grounds, may afford evidence of a violation of or a failure to comply with a provision of this Act or the regulations.
7(6)Copies of or extracts from documents or things removed from premises under this Act and certified by the person making the copies or taking the extracts as being true copies of or extracts from the originals are admissible in evidence to the same extent as, and have the same evidentiary value as, the documents or things of which they are copies or from which they are extracts.
Designation, powers and duties of inspectors
7(1)The Minister may designate any person or class of persons as inspectors for the purposes of this Act.
7(2)The Minister shall furnish every inspector with a certificate of the inspector’s designation and, on entering any place for the purposes of inspection, an inspector shall, on demand, produce the certificate to the person in charge of the place.
7(3)For the purpose of enforcing this Act and the regulations, an inspector may
(a) at any reasonable time, enter and inspect premises where tobacco is sold or offered for sale,
(b) apply for an entry warrant under the Entry Warrants Act,
(c) arrange for test purchases of tobacco,
(d) request information or production for inspection of documents or other things that may be relevant to the carrying out of an inspection, and
(e) remove documents or other things produced as a result of a request under paragraph (d) or discovered during the inspection for the purpose of making copies or taking extracts.
7(4)An inspector removing a document or other thing from premises under subsection (3) shall first provide a receipt for it to the person in charge of the premises and, subject to subsection (5), shall promptly return the document or other thing to the premises after completion of the making of copies or taking of extracts, as the case may be.
7(5)An inspector may detain for the purposes of evidence any document or other thing that the inspector discovers while acting under this section and believes, on reasonable and probable grounds, may afford evidence of a violation of or a failure to comply with a provision of this Act or the regulations.
7(6)Copies of or extracts from documents or things removed from premises under this Act and certified by the person making the copies or taking the extracts as being true copies of or extracts from the originals are admissible in evidence to the same extent as, and have the same evidentiary value as, the documents or things of which they are copies or from which they are extracts.