MHHS · New Home Buyer Protection Act
Part 3 — Registrar and Compliance Officers
11 Powers of compliance officers
(a) require an owner builder to produce any or all of the
following:
(i) proof of the owner builder's authorization;
(ii) any records relating to the application for the
authorization;
(iii) any records relating to an exemption from a requirement
under this Act,
(b) require a residential builder to produce any or all of the
following:
(i) proof of the residential builder's licence;
(ii) any records relating to the application for the licence;
(iii) proof that a new home built or under construction by the
residential builder has the required home warranty
coverage;
(iv) any records relating to an exemption from a requirement
under this Act,
(b.1) require any person who the compliance officer reasonably
believes is building a new home to produce proof that the
person holds a licence or authorization or is exempt from a
requirement under this Act and any records relating to the
licence, authorization or exemption,
(c) enter and examine any premises, other than a private
dwelling place, in which the compliance officer has reason
to believe there is something to which this Act applies,
(d) interview any person to determine if there has been
compliance with this Act,
(e) demand the production, within a reasonable time, of any
record or document pertaining in any manner to compliance
with this Act and on giving a receipt for it remove it for not
more than 48 hours for the purpose of making copies of it,
and
(f) exercise and perform any other prescribed powers and
duties.
(2) A person shall not obstruct a compliance officer in the exercise
of powers under this section or withhold from him or her, or
conceal or destroy, a record relevant to an investigation.
(3) A compliance officer, on the request of a person on the
premises the compliance officer enters, shall produce the
identification card provided under section 10.
2012 cN-3.2 s11;2017 c10 s13