2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Order for entry into residential premises
24(2)
A safety and health officer may apply to a judge of the Court of
Queen’s Bench for an order requiring the person in possession of
any residential premises in which the safety and health officer has
reason to believe workers or self-employed workers are working
or were working to permit the safety and health officer to enter
the residential premises for the purposes of inspecting them and,
if the judge is satisfied that it is reasonable and necessary for the
administration of the Act to grant such an order, he may grant
the order.
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 25.

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The Workplace Safety And Health Act
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Power of commissioner under Evidence Act
25
A safety and health officer, for the purpose of conducting
an inspection, inquiry or investigation under this Act or the
regulations, has all the powers of a commissioner under Part V
of The Manitoba Evidence Act.
IMPROVEMENT ORDERS
Improvement orders
26(1)
Where a safety and health officer is of the opinion that a
person
(a) is contravening any provision of this Act or the regulations; or
(b) has contravened any provision of this Act or the regulations in
circumstances which make it likely that the contravention will
continue or be repeated;
the officer may make an improvement order against that person,
requiring that person to remedy the contravention within such
period as may be specified in the order and stating the reasons for
making the order and requiring the person to maintain compliance
with the improvement order.
Stop work warning
26(2)
Where the officer believes that the contravention referred to in
clause (1)(a) or (b), involves or is likely to involve a serious risk to
the safety or health of any person in or about the workplace, he
may, in the improvement order specify that if the contravention
is not remedied within the period mentioned therein, a stop
work order may be issued in accordance with section 36.
S.M. 2013, c. 9, s. 12.