A-18.1 - Sustainable Forest Development Act

Section 179 Disposition versions

2013-04-01

179. The Minister may, for the administration of this Title, authorize a person to verify the data in the register kept by a permit holder and any other information the Minister is entitled to request. The authorized person may, to that end,

(1)  have access, at any reasonable time, to any establishment where the authorized person has reasonable cause to believe that information necessary for the verification is kept;

(2)  examine and make copies of books, registers, plans, accounts, records and other documents relating to the activities governed by this Act and require any information or document relating to those activities; and

(3)  require the permit holder or any other person on the premises to give reasonable assistance in carrying out the verification.

On request, the person authorized by the Minister must introduce himself or herself and produce a certificate of authority signed by the Minister.

2010, c. 3, s. 179.