Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

47.   Inspection powers

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    (1)   A reference in this Division to an inspection power is a reference to a power to—

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      (a)     search premises or a facility;

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      (b)     inspect or examine a matter or thing;

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      (c)     take samples of a matter or thing;

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      (d)     measure a matter or thing;

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      (e)     examine a document (including a record kept in accordance with the requirements of this Act, the Regulations or the condition of a permit);

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      (f)     take extracts from, or make copies of, a document (including a record of a kind referred to in paragraph (e)) or make images of any thing by any means; or

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      (g)     operate any equipment, including electronic equipment, located at the premises or facility if the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, that the equipment can be operated without damaging it;

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      (h)     take onto premises or a facility any equipment or material that is reasonably required for the purpose of exercising a power under any of the above paragraphs;

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      (i)     question personnel working on the site for the purposes of this Act;

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      (j)     do any other act or thing necessary or convenient to be done to carry out an inspection.

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    (2)   In addition to the powers in subsection (1) a reference to an inspection power includes, in respect of a Pesticides and Toxic Chemical Inspector, a power to seize and detain any substance that the inspector believes on reasonable grounds to be evidential material in relation to an offence against this Act.

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    (3)   A power referred to in paragraph (1) (a), (b), (c), (d), (g) may only be exercised in a manner that the inspector believes, on reasonable grounds, to be in accordance with safety procedures applicable at the premises or facility.