Timber Resource Management and Legality Licensing Regulations, 2017 (L.I. 2254)
Regulation 52—Inspection and investigation by Committee
(1) Where the Committee considers that an inspection or investigation is necessary to prevent an abuse or manipulation of the verification and validation process, the Committee may authorise a person to carry out an inspection or conduct an investigation into any matter related to the verification and validation process required for the grant of a licence.
(2) An authorised person may, subject to subregulation (3),
(a) at any reasonable time, enter the premises of a person concerned with or affected by a verification or validation process;
(b) require an officer, employee, agent or any other person who is the subject of a verification or validation process to produce any book, record, accounts or other document;
(c) search premises for any book, record, accounts or other document;
(d) examine and make extracts from any book, record, accounts or other document of the person concerned with or affected by the verification or validation process;
(e) undertake field trips to inspect and examine timber logs and timber products which are related to the verification or validation process;
(f) remove any book, record, accounts or other document of the person who is the subject of the inspection or investigation and keep them for as long as is necessary to examine them, but the authorised person shall give a receipt for the book, record, accounts or other document removed; or
(g) require an officer, employee or agent of the person who is the subject of inspection or investigation to
(i) explain an entry in the book, record, accounts or document; or
(ii) provide the authorised person with information concerning the management or activities of the person who is the subject of the inspection or investigation.
(3) The powers of entry and search under paragraphs (a) and (c) of subregulation (2) shall only be exercised with the consent of the person who is the subject of the inspection or investigation or the person in charge of the premises.
(4) The authorised officer may collaborate with a police officer where there are reasonable grounds to believe that it is necessary to exercise the powers under paragraphs (a) and (c) of subregulation (2) for the prevention, investigation or detection of an offence or to obtain evidence relating to an offence.
(5) A person shall not without just cause, hinder or obstruct an authorised person in the exercise of a function under this regulation.
(6) A person who contravenes subregulation (5) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to
(a) a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty penalty units and not more than one thousand penalty units or to a term of imprisonment of not more than two years or to both; and
(b) a fine of not less than one thousand penalty units for a second or continued offence under these Regulations.
Subject : Timber Resources Management And Legality
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Responsible Institution
Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation
Liberia Lake, Accra
- Email: contact@mesti.gov.gh
- Website: mesti.gov.gh
- GPS: GA-107-3073
- Telephone: 0302-666 049 0302-688913/688 663
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