PLANNING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972

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PLANNING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 101



101.(1) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Ministry may at any
reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in connection
with

(a)the preparation, adoption or amendment of a development plan relating to
the land under Part III or a development scheme under Part VII;

(b)any application under Part IV or Articles 34, 39 and 41, or under any order
or regulations made thereunder, for any permission, consent or determination
to be given or made in connection with that land or any other land under
Part IV or any of those Articles, or under any such order or regulations;

(c)any proposal by the Ministry to make or serve any order or notice under
Part IV, V or VI, or under any order or regulations made thereunder.

[(1A) Any member of the planning appeals commission may at any reasonable time
enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in connection with the exercise
of the functions of the commission under this Order.]

(2) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Ministry may at any
reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying any building
thereon in connection with a proposal to include the building in, or exclude
it from, a list compiled under Article 31.

(3) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Ministry may at any
reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of ascertaining whether with
respect to any building on the land, an offence has been or is being committed
under Article 32 or 36, or whether the building is being maintained in a
proper state of repair.

[(3A) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Department may at any
reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of displaying a notice in
accordance with Article 45(5) or (6).]

(4) Any person, being an officer of the Valuation Office of the Ministry of
Finance or a person duly authorised in writing by the Ministry, may at any
reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it, or estimating
its value, in connection with any proposal to acquire that land or any other
land under this Order, or in connection with any claim for compensation in
respect of any such acquisition.

(5) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Ministry may at any
reasonable time enter any land in respect of which an order or notice has been
made or served as mentioned in paragraph (1)(c), for the purpose of
ascertaining whether the order or notice has been complied with.

(6) Subject to Article 102, any power conferred by this Article to survey land
shall be construed as conferring power to search and bore for the purpose of
ascertaining the nature of the subsoil or the presence of minerals therein.

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PLANNING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 101