Powers of inspector

(1) An inspector may, in the performance of his functions under this Act or the regulations made there under, at any reasonable time enter on land or premises registered for the sale or manufacture of a pesticide, 18 (a) on which a pesticide is being, has recently been, or is about to be used, manufactured, sold, packaged or stored; (b) on which apparatus and facilities required to be kept by the regulations are kept; or (c) which an inspector has reasonable cause to believe to be land or premises mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, Provided that any inspector wishing to enter any premises under the provisions of paragraph (c) of this subsection, shall obtain a warrant from the magistrate or justice of the peace of the judicial district in which the place is situated before he enters such premises. (2) An inspector may, (a) require the production of and inspect, examine and copy registers, records or other documents required to be kept by the (b) make examinations and enquiries to discover whether this Act and the regulations are complied with; (c) require any person he finds on land or premises mentioned in subsection (1) of this section to give information to the best of his knowledge as to who is the occupier of that land and who is the employer of workers employed to work thereon; (d) seize and detain for such time as may be necessary any article by means of which or in 19 relation to which he reasonably believes any provisions of this Act or the regulations have been contravened. (3) Where an inspector seizes an article under subsection 2(d) of this section and the owner then consents to its destruction the article shall thereupon be forfeited to the Government and may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Board directs. (4) An inspector may take samples of articles to which this Act and the regulations apply and submit such samples to an analyst for examination or analysis without paying compensation to the owner.