{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-261",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026/section-261.json",
  "legislation": "asc/2026/6",
  "legislation_title": "Planning (Wales) Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-wales-act-2026",
  "path": "section/261",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "261",
  "heading": "Supplementary provisions about powers of entry",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a person has a power to enter land conferred by section 259 or by a warrant under section 260.\n(2) A person who intentionally obstructs a person exercising the power of entry commits an offence.\n(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (2) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(4) If damage is caused to land or other property in the exercise of the power of entry, a person suffering the damage may recover compensation from the planning authority that authorised the entry or (as the case may be) the Welsh Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 261 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 409(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/6/section/261",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:37.107863+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."
}