{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-woodland-premium-scheme-1997/section-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-woodland-premium-scheme-1997/section-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/829",
  "legislation_title": "The Farm Woodland Premium Scheme 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/farm-woodland-premium-scheme-1997",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Obligation to permit entry and inspection",
  "text": "(1) The occupier of land to which an application relates, or which is being converted to woodlands in pursuance of a conversion plan, or which is converted land and in respect of which grant is still being claimed, or which he is required by virtue of an undertaking to maintain in accordance with paragraph 8(b), shall permit any person duly authorised by the appropriate Minister, accompanied by such persons acting under his instructions as appear to the person so authorised to be necessary for the purpose, at all reasonable times and on production of his authority on demand, to enter upon and inspect any such land in order to verify the accuracy of any particulars given in any application or claim made under this Scheme, and compliance with any undertaking given under paragraph 8.\n(2) The occupier shall render all reasonable assistance to the authorised person in relation to the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above, and in particular shall, at the request of that person, accompany him in making the inspection and shall identify any areas of land which are concerned in the application or claim in question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/829/section/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:20:42.085597+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}