Section 15 Obligation to permit entry and inspection

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 the occupier is required by virtue of an undertaking to maintain in accordance with paragraph 8(b), shall permit any person duly authorised by the Scottish Ministers, accompanied by such persons acting under the instructions of such person as appears to the person so authorised to be necessary for the purpose, at all reasonable times and on production, if requested, of the authority of that person 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.

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 that person in making the inspection and shall identify any areas of land which are concerned in the application or claim in question.