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Paragraph 14 F1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

F2(1)

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(2)

Any person duly authorised in writing by the F3Assembly may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in order to enable the Assembly to determine whether to make an application for planning permission for the carrying out of development of that land.

(3)

Any power conferred by this paragraph to survey land includes power to search and bore for the purpose of ascertaining—

(a)

the nature of the subsoil; or

(b)

the presence of minerals or contaminants in it.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

F2

Sch. 4 para. 14(1) omitted (13.7.2016) by virtue of Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22), s. 216(3), Sch. 14 para. 8; S.I. 2016/733, reg. 3(h) (with reg. 6)

F3

Sch. 4 para. 14: words in Act substituted (1.4.2006) by The Welsh Development Agency (Transfer of Functions to the National Assembly for Wales and Abolition) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3226), arts. 1(1)(2), 7(1), {Sch. 1 para. 1, 2} (with art. 3(1))

Notes on Schedule 4

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4

Notes on Part IV

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.

Notes on Rights of entry

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 inserted (1.10.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 127, Sch. 13 para. 3 (with ss. 139(2), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 4.