{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-1986/schedule-7/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-1986/schedule-7/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/63",
  "legislation_title": "Housing and Planning Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-and-planning-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 265 of that Act (rights of entry)—\n(a) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1)—\n“(1A) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State or by a planning authority may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in connection with—\n(a) any application for hazardous substances consent ;\n(b) any proposal to issue a hazardous substances contravention notice.”;\n(b) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (4)—\n“(4A) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State or by a planning authority may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of ascertaining whether an offence appears to have been committed under section 56L of this Act.” ; and\n(c) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (7)—\n“(7A) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State or a planning authority may at any reasonable time enter any land in respect of which a hazardous substances contravention notice has been served for the purpose of ascertaining whether the notice has been complied with.”.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/63/schedule/7/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:53:53.851580+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."
}