16 (1) The Minister may appoint, in writing, one or more persons as inspectors for the purposes of this Act and the regulations. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Certificate of appointment (2) The Minister shall issue every inspector appointed under subsection (1) a certificate of appointment and every inspector, in the execution of his or her duties under this section and the regulations, shall produce the certificate of appointment upon request. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Director is an inspector (3) The Director is an inspector by virtue of office, and when acting as an inspector shall, on request, produce evidence of being appointed as Director instead of the certificate of appointment required under subsection (2). 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Inspections (4) For the purpose of determining whether this Act and the regulations are being complied with, an inspector may, without a warrant, enter and inspect, (a)  a licensed laboratory facility; (b)  any business premises of a company that owns or operates one or more licensed laboratory facilities; and (c)  any place that the Director reasonably believes is being operated as a laboratory facility without a licence. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Time of entry (5) The power under this section to enter and inspect without a warrant may be exercised only during the regular business hours of the laboratory facility, business premises or place. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Dwellings (6) The power to enter and inspect under this section shall not be exercised to enter and inspect a place or a part of a place that is used as a dwelling. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Use of force (7) An inspector is not entitled to use force to enter and inspect a laboratory facility, business premises or place. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Powers of inspector (8) An inspector conducting an inspection may, (a)  examine records or anything else that is relevant to the inspection; (b)  demand the production of a record or any other thing that is relevant to the inspection; (c)  remove a record or any other thing that is relevant to the inspection for review, examination or testing; (d)  remove a record or any other thing that is relevant to the inspection for copying; (e)  in order to produce a record in readable form, use data storage, information processing or retrieval devices or systems that are normally used in carrying on business in the place; (f)  take photographs or make any other kind of recording; and (g)  question a person on matters relevant to the inspection. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Written demand (9) A demand under this section that a record or any other thing be produced must be in writing and must include a statement of the nature of the record or thing required. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Obligation to produce and assist (10) If an inspector demands that a record or any other thing be produced under this section, the person who has custody of the record or thing shall produce it and, in the case of a record, shall on request provide any assistance that is reasonably necessary to interpret the record or to produce it in a readable form. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Records and things removed from place (11) A record or other thing that has been removed for review, examination, testing or copying, (a)  shall be made available to the person from whom it was removed on request and at a time and place that are convenient for the person and for the inspector; and (b)  shall be returned to the person within a reasonable time, unless, in the case of a thing that has been subject to testing, the thing has been made unsuitable for return as a result of the testing. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Copy admissible in evidence (12) A copy of a record or other thing that purports to be certified by an inspector as being a true copy of the original is admissible in evidence to the same extent as the original and has the same evidentiary value. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Obstruction (13) No person shall hinder, obstruct or interfere with or attempt to hinder, obstruct or interfere with an inspector conducting an inspection, refuse to answer questions on matters relevant to the inspection or provide the inspector with false information on matters relevant to the inspection. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Personal information in records (14) For greater certainty, a reference to a record in this section includes a record that contains personal information. 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2014, c. 14, Sched. 1, s. 12 (8-10) - 11/12/2014 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 5 - 01/07/2022