History — 8.7

Powers to enter, seize and detain 8.7 (1) Subject to subsection (4), the Minister may (a) enter, for the purposes of making inspections or audits relating to the enforcement of this Part, any aircraft, aerodrome or other aviation facility, any premises used for the design, manufacture, distribution, maintenance or installation of aeronautical products or any premises used by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, regardless of whether or not the inspection or audit relates to that place or to the person who possesses or controls it; (a.1) remove any document or other thing from the place where the inspection or audit is being carried out for examination or, in the case of a document, copying; (b) enter any place for the purposes of an investigation of matters concerning aviation safety; (c) seize anything found in any place referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) that the Minister believes on reasonable grounds will afford evidence with respect to an offence under this Part or the causes or contributing factors pertaining to an investigation referred to in paragraph (b); and (d) detain any aircraft that the Minister believes on reasonable grounds is unsafe or is likely to be op…