Inspections
64. (1) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act and the regulations, an inspector may, (a) enter any place at any reasonable time; (b) request the production for inspection of documents or things that may be relevant to the inspection; (c) inspect and, upon giving a receipt therefor, remove documents or things relevant to the inspection for the purpose of making copies or extracts; (d) inquire into negotiations, transactions, loans or borrowings of a licensee and into assets owned, acquired or disposed of by a licensee that are relevant to an inspection; (e) conduct such tests as are reasonably necessary to determine the integrity of a structure, fence or marker in a cemetery; and (f) remove materials or substances for examination or test purposes subject to the licensee or other occupant of the premises being notified thereof. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (1). Entry to dwellings (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to confer a power of entry to a room actually used as a dwelling without the consent of the occupier. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (2). Warrant (3) A justice of the peace may issue a warrant authorizing the person named in the warrant, (a) to do anything set out in clause (1) (a), (c), (e) or (f); (b) to enter and search a room actually used as a dwelling; or (c) to search for and seize any document or thing relevant to the inspection. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (3). Requirements for warrant to issue (4) A warrant may be issued under subsection (3) if the justice of the peace is satisfied on information under oath that in the case of a warrant to be issued under, (a) clause (3) (a), an inspector has been prevented from doing anything permitted under clause (1) (a), (c), (e) or (f) or there is reasonable ground to believe that an inspector may be prevented from doing any of those things; (b) clause (3) (b), it is necessary that a room actually used as a dwelling be entered for the purposes of carrying out an inspection or there is, in such a room, a document or thing that there is reasonable ground to believe is relevant to an inspection under this Act; or (c) clause (3) (c), it is necessary to search for and seize a document or thing that there is reasonable ground to believe will afford evidence relevant to a contravention of this Act or the regulations. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (4). Execution of warrant (5) A warrant issued under this section shall specify the hours and days during which it may be executed. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (5). Expiry (6) Unless renewed, a warrant under this section expires not later than thirty days after the date on which it is made. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (6). Notice not required (7) A warrant under this section may be issued or renewed upon application without notice. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (7). Renewal of warrant (8) A warrant under this section may be renewed for any reason for which it may be issued. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (8). Assistance (9) A person doing anything under the authority of a warrant issued under this section is authorized to call on such police officers to assist and to use such force as is necessary in the execution of the warrant. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (9). Use of experts (10) An inspector carrying out an inspection, with or without a warrant, may be accompanied by such persons with expertise in the subject-matter of the inspection as the inspector considers necessary. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (10). Copies (11) An investigator taking material in order to copy it shall make the copy with reasonable dispatch and shall promptly return the material taken. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (11). Admissibility of copies (12) Copies of, or extracts from, documents and things removed under this section and certified as being true copies of, or extracts from, the originals by the person who made them 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 extracts. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.4, s. 64 (12).