Acts and Regulations

2018, c.11 - Climate Change Act

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Inspectors
2020, c.3, s.7
7.4(1)The Minister may designate persons as inspectors for the purpose of this Act and the regulations.
7.4(2)The Minister shall issue to every inspector a certificate of designation.
7.4(3)An inspector, in the execution of the inspector’s duties under this Act and the regulations, shall produce his or her certificate on request.
7.4(4)For the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act and the regulations, an inspector may, at any reasonable time,
(a) enter and inspect any area, place or premises if the inspector reasonably believes
(i) a greenhouse gas is being, has been or may be released into the atmosphere,
(ii) an activity relating to a person’s compliance with the requirements of this Act or the regulations is occurring or has occurred at the area, place or premises, or
(iii) the area, place or premises contains records or other documents relating to a person’s compliance with the requirements of this Act and the regulations,
(b) remove records or other documents from the area, place or premises and make a copy of them or any part of them or make extracts of them, and
(c) take samples of a substance or material.
7.4(5)Despite subsection (4), an inspector shall not enter a private dwelling unless the inspector
(a) has the consent of a person who appears to be an adult and an occupant of the dwelling, or
(b) has obtained a warrant under the Entry Warrants Act.
7.4(6) Before or after attempting to enter an area, place or premises under subsection (4), an inspector may apply for an entry warrant under the Entry Warrants Act.
7.4(7)Subject to subsection (8), an inspector who removes records or other documents shall give a receipt for them and return them as soon as the circumstances permit after the making of copies or extracts.
7.4(8)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.
7.4(9)If copies of or extracts from records or documents referred to in this section are certified as being true copies of or extracts from the originals by the person who made them, the copies or extracts are admissible in evidence to the same extent and have the same evidentiary value as the originals.
2020, c.3, s.7