Part 2Commercial sexual services
Powers to enter and inspect compliance with health and safety requirements
26Powers to enter and inspect compliance with health and safety requirements
An inspector may, at any reasonable time, enter premises for the purpose of carrying out an inspection if he or she has reasonable grounds to believe that a business of prostitution is being carried on in the premises.
For the purposes of the inspection, the inspector may—
- conduct reasonable inspections:
- take photographs and measurements and make sketches and recordings:
- require any of the following persons to provide information or assistance reasonably required by the inspector:
- a person who operates the business of prostitution, or an employee or agent of that person:
- a sex worker or client of the business of prostitution:
- a person who operates the business of prostitution, or an employee or agent of that person:
- take copies of the information referred to in paragraph (c).
An inspector may seize and retain any thing in premises entered under this section that the inspector has reasonable grounds to believe will be evidence of the commission of an offence against section 8 or section 9.
Nothing in this section limits or affects the privilege against self-incrimination.
An inspector may take any person acting under the inspector's direct supervision into the premises to assist him or her with the inspection.