Electricity and Gas Inspection Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. E-4)

Marginal note:Right of access by contractor

• 7 (1) A contractor may, at all reasonable times, for the purpose of

  • (a) inspecting, testing, installing, repairing, removing or changing, when it is lawful for him to do so, any meters, wiring, piping, fittings or other apparatus of the contractor for the measurement or conveyance of electricity or gas supplied by him, or

  • (b) ascertaining the quantity or making other measurements of the electricity or gas consumed or supplied,

  enter any premises belonging to or occupied by the purchaser to whom the contractor has undertaken to supply the electricity or gas.

• Marginal note:Liability of contractor

  (2) A contractor that has exercised any right of entry pursuant to subsection (1) is responsible for, and shall forthwith repair and make good, all damage caused by the entry or by any inspection, testing, installation, repair, removal or change for the purpose of which the contractor has exercised that right.