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Section 214D: Rights of entry: supplementary provisions.

Town and Country Planning Act 1990 · 1990 c. 8View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VIII: Special Controls

Any power conferred under or by virtue of section 214B or 214C to enter land (referred to in this section as "a right of entry") shall be construed as including power to take samples from any tree and samples of the soil.

A person authorised to enter land in the exercise of a right of entry—

shall, if so required, produce evidence of his authority and state the purpose of his entry before so entering;
may take with him such other persons as may be necessary; and
on leaving the land shall, if the owner or occupier is not then present, leave it as effectively secured against trespassers as he found it.

Any person who wilfully obstructs a person acting in the exercise of a right of entry shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

If any damage is caused to land or chattels in the exercise of a right of entry, compensation may be recovered by any person suffering the damage from the authority who gave the written authority for the entry or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State.

The provisions of section 118 shall apply in relation to compensation under subsection (4) as they apply in relation to compensation under Part IV.

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