# The Management of Hedgerows (England) Regulations 2024, Regulation 20: Right to enter and inspect


(1) Any person authorised in writing by the Regulator may, on producing the authorisation if required, at any reasonable hour enter any land or premises (other than premises used exclusively as domestic purposes) to undertake an inspection—
(a) to ascertain or verify whether there is or has been any breach of the requirements set out in regulation 5 or 6;
(b) to determine whether any of the powers conferred on the Regulator by these Regulations should be exercised in relation to the land or premises or any other land or premises;
(c) to determine how any such power should be exercised in relation to the land or premises or any other land or premises;
(d) to ascertain whether there has been compliance with any requirement imposed as a result of any such power having been exercised in relation to the land or premises or any other land or premises.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the authorised person must—
(a) inform the owner of the land or premises of the purpose of the proposed inspection and, where possible, agree a suitable date and time for that inspection;
(b) if it is not possible to agree a suitable date and time, notify the owner of the land or premises in writing of the purpose of the inspection and the date and time at least 48 hours in advance of that inspection.
(3) The requirement in paragraph (2) does not apply where, in any case, the authorised person has reason to suspect that an offence under regulation 7(1) or (2) is being committed on the land or premises.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348260472/regulation/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-management-of-hedgerows-england-regulations-2024/regulation-20
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