98.1. For the purposes of subdivisions 1.1 and 1.2 of Division I of Chapter III, or for the purposes of any other provision of this Act or any other Act relating to separation distance requirements, a municipality may request, in writing, the operator of an agricultural operation to transmit to the municipality any information within the time it fixes.
If the operator fails to transmit the information within the time fixed, the municipal inspector may, at the expense of the operator and in accordance with a by-law made under section 411 of the Cities and Towns Act (chapter C-19) or article 492 of the Municipal Code of Québec (chapter C-27.1), collect any information or determine any fact necessary to enforce a separation distance requirement. For those purposes, the municipal inspector may be assisted by an agrologist, a veterinary surgeon, a professional technologist or a land-surveyor.