Article 15 Power to survey and investigate landI1

survey or investigate any land shown within the Order limits or which may be affected by the authorised works;

without limiting the scope of sub-paragraph (a), make trial holes in such positions as Network Rail thinks fit on the land to investigate the nature of the surface layer and subsoil and remove soil samples;

without limiting the scope of sub-paragraph (a), carry out ecological or archaeological investigations on such land;

take steps to protect or remove any flora or fauna on the land where the flora or fauna may be affected by the carrying out of the authorised works;

place on, leave on and remove from the land apparatus for use in connection with the exercise of any of the powers conferred by sub-paragraphs (a) to (d); and

enter on the land for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred by sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).

shall, if so required, before or after entering the land produce written evidence of authority to do so; and

may take onto the land such vehicles and equipment as are necessary to carry out the survey or investigation or to make the trial holes.

in a carriageway or footway without the consent of the highway authority; or

in a private street without the consent of the street authority,