SECTION 10

Designation of Inspectors

10.(1) The Minister may designate persons or classes of persons whom the Minister considers qualified to act as inspectors for the purposes of this Act or any of its provisions and the Minister may revoke the designations.

(2) The Minister shall furnish every inspector with a certificate of designation as an inspector showing the purposes, classes of dangerous goods, means of containment or transport and places for which the inspector is designated.

(3) On entering any place or inspecting anything, an inspector shall show the certificate to the person in charge of the place or thing if the person requests proof of the inspector's designation.

BEHIND THE WORDS

Subsection 10(1) allows for the designation of specific persons or for the designation of classes of persons to be inspectors. In practice, a class of person has not been designated by the Minister or his/her designate.

Subsection 10(2) allows for the restriction of inspector authorities to specific portions of the Act, classes of dangerous goods, etc. The usual restrictions are by mode or with respect to Section 19 (as a result of liability concerns).

Subsection 10(3) requires that an inspector show his/her certificate to the person in charge of the place if requested. In practice, an inspector should voluntarily present his/her card.

RELATED SECTIONS

Section 2 - "Inspector"

Section 19 - Intervention authorities relating to actual or imminent accidental releases

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