246. To exercise its functions under this Act, the Régie, in addition to the other powers conferred on it by this Act and the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan (chapter R-9), may(1) conduct or commission surveys and research programs and make recommendations to the Minister on any matter related to this Act;
(2) provide information in the form of general or specific instructions regarding the administration of this Act;
(3) carry out the inspection of any pension plan;
(4) prepare, or cause to be prepared, any document prescribed or required by this Act and not furnished in accordance with this Act or the requirements of the Régie, at the expense of the person who is required to furnish it;
(5) in the case of a pension plan to which Chapter X does not apply, require from the pension committee or the insurer, on the conditions and within the time limits established by the Régie, any document or information it considers necessary to measure the funding or solvency of the plan;
(6) require from the pension committee or the insurer, on the conditions and within the time limits established by the Régie, any document or information it considers necessary to ascertain whether a pension plan, a report respecting its termination or an actuarial valuation is in conformity with this Act;
(6.1) require, subject to the conditions and within the time it fixes, that the pension committee or any party to a contract referred to in section 92 or to a pension plan or annuity contract to which sums may be transferred under section 98 provide it with any document or information the Régie considers necessary for ascertaining that the requirements imposed by this Act in respect of the plan or contract are complied with;
(7) carry out any mandate entrusted to it by the Government.