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Fourth Session, 44th General Assembly

51 Elizabeth II, 2002

BILL 16

AN ACT TO AMEND THE GASOLINE TAX ACT

Received and Read the First Time

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

HONOURABLE JOAN MARIE AYLWARD

Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Gasoline Tax Act to permit inspectors to enter certain premises without a warrant and to take samples of gasoline in order to determine compliance with the Act.

 

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE GASOLINE TAX ACT

Analysis

1. S.42.1 Added
Powers of inspectors

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:


RSNL1990 cG-1
as amended

1. The Gasoline Tax Act is amended by adding immediately after section 42 the following:

Powers of inspectors

42.1 (1) Where it is reasonably necessary for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act and the regulations, an inspector, officer or other person appointed or designated by the minister under section 42 may, at reasonable times without a warrant,

(a) enter a business premises, work site, storage facility or bulk delivery site and inspect the contents of a tank containing gasoline including the gasoline supply tank of an internal combustion engine; and

(b) for the purpose of analysis, take a sample of gasoline not exceeding a total volume of one litre per tank.

(2) An inspector, officer or other person acting under subsection (1) may detain a vehicle or other mechanized equipment for the purpose of performing the inspection or obtaining the sample referred to in that subsection.

(3) A sample taken under subsection (1) shall be disposed of as the minister directs.

 

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