Cannabis Act — C-24.5 86
Power to enter 86 (1) Subject to subsection (7), an inspector may, for a purpose related to verifying compliance or preventing non-compliance with the provisions of this Act or of the regulations, enter any place, including a conveyance, in which they believe on reasonable grounds (a) an activity that may be regulated under this Act is being conducted; (b) any record, report, electronic data or other document relating to the administration of this Act or the regulations is located; (c) any record, report, electronic data or other document relating to the promotion of cannabis, a cannabis accessory or a service related to cannabis is located; (d) an activity could be conducted under a licence, permit, authorization or exemption that is under consideration by the Minister; or (e) an activity was being conducted under a licence, permit, authorization or exemption before the expiry or revocation of the licence, permit, authorization or exemption, in which case the inspector may enter the place only within 45 days after the day on which it expired or was revoked. Other powers (2) The inspector may in the place entered under subsection (1) (a) open and examine any receptacle or package found in the place; (b) examine anything found in the place that is used or may be capable of being used for the production, preservation, packaging, labelling or storage of cannabis; (c) examine any record, report, electronic data or other document, or any label or promotional material, found in the place with respect to cannabis, other than the records of the medical condition of individuals, and make copies of them or take extracts from them; (d) use or cause to be used any computer system at the place to examine any electronic data referred to in paragraph (c); (e) reproduce any document from any electronic data referred to in paragraph (c), or cause it to be reproduced, in the form of a printout or other output; (f) take the record, report or other document, or the label or promotional material, referred to in paragraph (c) or the printout or other output referred to in paragraph (e) for examination or copying; (g) use or cause to be used any copying equipment at the place to make copies of any document; (h) take photographs and make recordings and sketches; (i) examine any substance found in the place and take, for the purpose of analysis, any samples of it; (j) seize and detain in accordance with this Part, cannabis or any other thing found in the place that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds is something in relation to which the Act was contravened or is something the seizure and detention of which is necessary to prevent non-compliance with the provisions of this Act or of the regulations; (k) order the owner or person having possession of cannabis or any other thing to which the provisions of this Act or of the regulations apply that is found in that place to move it or, for any time that may be necessary, not to move it or to restrict its movement; (l) order the owner or person having possession of any conveyance that is found in the place and that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds contains cannabis to stop the conveyance, to move it or, for any time that may be necessary, not to move it or to restrict its movement; (m) order any person in that place to establish their identity to the inspector’s satisfaction; and (n) order a person that, at that place, conducts an activity to which the provisions of this Act or of the regulations apply to stop or start the activity. Means of telecommunication (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the inspector is considered to have entered a place when accessing it remotely by a means of telecommunication. Limitation — access by means of telecommunication (4) An inspector who enters remotely, by a means of telecommunication, a place that is not accessible to the public must do so with the knowledge of the owner or person in charge of the place and must be remotely in the place for no