Inspections
11. (1) For the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act and the regulations, a person appointed under subsection 10(1) may, (a) enter any place at any reasonable time where, (i) any business associated with a project designated under this Act is carried on or any property relating to such a project is kept, (ii) anything is done in connection with a business referred to in subclause (i), or (iii) any document relating to a business referred to in subclause (i) is kept; (b) request the production for inspection of documents or things that may be relevant to the inspection; (c) examine or audit any document or thing produced in response to a request under clause (b); (d) upon giving a receipt therefor, remove from a place documents or things produced in response to a request under clause (b) for the purpose of making copies or extracts; and (e) examine any land, property, process or matter that may be relevant to the inspection. 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 except under the authority of a warrant issued under this section. 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), (d) or (e); or (b) to enter and search a room actually used as a dwelling. 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, (a) in the case of a warrant to be issued under clause (3)(a), a person appointed under subsection 10(1) has been prevented from doing anything permitted under clause (1)(a), (c), (d) or (e) or there is reasonable ground to believe that such a person may be prevented from doing any of those things; or (b) in the case of a warrant to be issued under 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 will afford evidence relevant to an inspection under this Act. Execution of warrant (5) A warrant issued under this section shall specify the hours and days during which it may be executed. Expiry (6) Unless renewed, a warrant under this section expires not later than thirty days after the date on which it is made. Notice not required (7) A warrant under this section may be issued or renewed upon application without notice. Renewal of warrant (8) A warrant under this section may be renewed, before or after expiry, for any reason for which it may be issued. 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. Copies (10) A person taking material in order to copy it shall make the copy with reasonable dispatch and shall promptly return the material taken. Admissibility of copies (11) 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. O.27, s. 11.