WATER ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 23 Rights of entry and inspection.

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WATER ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 23

Rights of entry and inspection.

23.(1) Any person duly authorised by the Ministry may at any reasonable time

(a)enter upon any land for the purpose of performing, whether in relation to
that land or not, any functions conferred on the Ministry under this Act;

(b)for the purpose of determining whether, and if so in what manner, any such
functions are to be performed in relation to any land, or whether any
provision of this Act has been complied with, enter upon any land and inspect
or survey the land and inspect any article thereon.

(2) If it is shown to the satisfaction of a justice of the peace on sworn
information in writing

(a)that admission to any land which any person is entitled to enter under this
section has been refused to that person, or that refusal is apprehended, or
that the land is unoccupied or that the occupier is temporarily absent, or
that the case is one of urgency, or that an application for admission would
defeat the object of the entry; and

(b)that there is reasonable ground for entry upon the land for the purpose for
which entry is required;

(3) A warrant granted under subsection (2) shall continue in force until the
purpose for which entry is required has been satisfied.

(4) The power conferred by subsection (1) to survey land includes power to
sink boreholes.

(5) Subsections (1) to (3) shall apply in relation to vessels and vehicles as
they apply in relation to land.

(6) The power conferred by subsection (1)(b) shall be exercisable for the
purpose of inspecting any documents or statutory provision in the possession
of any body relating to the functions of the body, and the person carrying out
any such inspection may take copies of, or extracts from, any such documents
or provision.

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WATER ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 - SECT 23