S.L. 646.3 Art. 25Powers of officers.

(1) Every employer shall give to officers all reasonable facilities and all such information they may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of the Act and the regulations operative by virtue of the Act are being complied with.

(2) For the purpose of carrying into effect any of these regulations an officer may exercise the powers set out below:

(a) to take with him a member of the Police force to ensure the execution of his duty;

(b) to take measurements, photographs or recordings as he considers necessary for the purpose of any examination or investigation;

(c) to take samples of any article or substance found in the workplace or within its curtilage or outside in its vicinity for the purposes of the Act and ensure that they are available for use as evidence in any proceedings taken by virtue of the provisions of the Act;

(d) to inspect any book or document in possession of the employer the keeping of which is prescribed by the act or by any regulations made thereunder or any other book or document held by the employer and inspection of which is required for the investigation of issues relating to health and safety at that place of work; and

(e) for the purposes of a prosecution for any offence under the Act, to disclose to the court such results or information he receives or collects during the course of his investigations.

(3) No person shall molest or disturb officers in the performance of their duties or provide them with misleading information or break or tamper with any seal or with any monitoring equipment installed, put up or left by them in a place of work or on a worker in the case of personal monitoring equipment.