Weights and Measures Act

Marginal note:Authority to enter and other powers

• 17 (1) An inspector who has reasonable grounds to believe that an object to which this Act applies is located in or on a place, including a vehicle, or that an activity regulated by this Act is conducted in a place, including a vehicle, may, for the purpose of verifying compliance with this Act,

  • (a) enter the place;

  • (b) examine the place or anything found in or on the place;

  • (c) seize and detain anything in or on the place;

  • (d) use any means of communication in the place or cause it to be used;

  • (e) use any computer system in the place, or cause it to be used, to examine data contained in or available to it;

  • (f) prepare a document, or cause one to be prepared, based on the data;

  • (g) use any copying equipment in the place, or cause it to be used;

  • (h) direct any person to put anything in or on the place into operation or to cease operating it; and

  • (i) prohibit or limit access to all or part of the place.

• Marginal note:Certificate to be produced

  (2) The Minister shall provide the inspector with a certificate of their designation, and on entering the place, the inspector shall, on request, produce the certificate to the person in charge of that place.

• Marginal note:Duty to assist

  (3) The owner or person in charge of the place and every person in the place shall give all assistance that is reasonably required to enable the inspector to verify compliance with this Act and shall provide any documents, data or information that are reasonably required for that purpose.