Pest Control Products Act

Marginal note:Charges and costs for inspections, etc.

• 64 (1) Her Majesty in right of Canada may recover from any person referred to in subsection (2) any charges under this Act and any costs incurred by Her Majesty in relation to the administration of this Act or the regulations, including

  • (a) the inspection, treatment, testing or analysis of a place, pest control product or other thing or the storage, removal, disposal or return of a pest control product or other thing, required or authorized by this Act or the regulations;

  • (b) the seizure, detention, forfeiture or disposal of a pest control product or other thing under this Act or the regulations; and

  • (c) any enforcement or risk-control measures taken by the Minister or an inspector under this Act or the regulations.

• Marginal note:Persons liable

  (2) The following persons are jointly and severally liable or solidarily liable for the charges and costs relating to an action or measure referred to in subsection (1):

  • (a) in the case of an action or measure in respect of a place, the owner and the occupier of that place; and

  • (b) in the case of an action or measure in respect of a pest control product or other thing, the owner of that product or thing and the person who, immediately before the action or measure was taken, had the possession, care or control of that pest control product or thing.