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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2010/29",
  "legislation_title": "Flood and Water Management Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/flood-and-water-management-act-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A person authorised by the responsible authority may at any reasonable time enter land—\n(a) to determine whether a person has contravened paragraph 5(1),\n(b) to determine whether a person has complied with an enforcement notice,\n(c) to take steps specified in accordance with paragraph 11(4), or\n(d) to act in accordance with paragraph 12(2).\n(2) A person authorised by a designating authority may at any reasonable time enter land for the purpose of determining whether a structure or feature may be designated by the authority under paragraph 4.\n(3) A person may not demand entry to land which is occupied unless—\n(a) at least 7 days' notice has been given to the occupier, specifying the purpose for which entry is required, or\n(b) the entry is for the purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(d).\n(4) A person seeking to enter land under this paragraph must on request produce evidence of authorisation.\n(5) It is an offence to obstruct a person entitled to enter land under this paragraph.\n(6) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (5) is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, to a fine or to both, or\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 13 in force at 1.8.2012 by S.I. 2012/2000, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/29/schedule/1/paragraph/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:54.061019+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."
}