Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act — G-11.55 203
Authority to enter 203 (1) An enforcement officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that anything to which this Part applies — including a book, record, piece of electronic data or other document — is located in a place or that an activity regulated by this Part is conducted in a place, may, for the purpose of verifying compliance with this Part, enter the place and require any individual to be present. Powers (2) The enforcement officer may, for that purpose, (a) examine anything that is found in the place; (b) open and examine any receptacle or package found in the place; (c) examine any books, records, electronic data or other documents and make copies of them or any part of them; (d) take samples of anything to which this Part applies; (e) conduct any tests or take any measurements; (f) take photographs and make recordings or sketches; (g) order the owner or person in charge of the place or a person at the place to establish their identity to the enforcement officer’s satisfaction; (h) order the owner or person in charge of the place or a person in the place to stop or start an activity; (i) use or cause to be used any computer system or means of communication at the place to examine any data contained in or available to the computer system or means of communication; (j) cause a record to be produced from the data in the form of a printout or other intelligible output; (k) reproduce any record or cause it to be reproduced; (l) order the owner or a person having possession, care or control of anything in the place to not move it, or to restrict its movement; (m) use or direct any person to operate or to cease to operate any system or equipment — including any system or equipment for measuring greenhouse gas emissions — in the place; (n) take a printout or other output for examination or copying; (o) use or cause to be used any copying equipment in the place to make copies of the record; and (p) prohibit or limit access to all or part of the place. Disposition of samples (3) An enforcement officer may dispose of a sample taken under paragraph (2)(d) in any manner that the enforcement officer considers appropriate. Analysts (4) An enforcement officer who enters a place under subsection (1) may be accompanied by an analyst. The accompanying analyst may enter the place and exercise any of the powers referred to in paragraphs (2)(a) to (f) and may use any system or equipment — including any system or equipment for measuring greenhouse gas emissions — in the place. Stopping and detaining conveyances (5) For the purpose of entering a place referred to in subsection (1) that is a conveyance, an enforcement officer may, at any reasonable time, direct that the conveyance be stopped — or be moved, by the route and in the manner that the enforcement officer may specify, to a place specified by the enforcement officer — and the enforcement officer may, for a reasonable time, detain the conveyance. Enforcement officer and analyst to receive accommodation (6) An enforcement officer who travels to a platform anchored at sea for the purpose of entering it under subsection (1), and any analyst who accompanies the enforcement officer, must be carried to and from the platform free of charge and the person in charge of the platform must provide the enforcement officer and analyst with suitable accommodation and food free of charge.