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Public Works Act 1981

Surveys and investigations

110: Powers of entry for certain survey purposes

You could also call this:

“You can go on land to check it out for public projects”

You can enter land to do surveys for public works. If the Minister or local authority says it’s okay, you can go onto land at reasonable times. You can bring things like aircraft, boats, vehicles, and equipment if you need them for the survey.

Before you go onto the land, you should try to tell the owner or occupier that you’re coming. If you can’t tell them before, you need to let them know as soon as you can after you’ve been there. If you can’t find the owner or occupier, you should leave a notice in a clear spot on the land.

When you go onto the land, you need to carry proof that shows you’re allowed to be there and who you are. You have to show this proof if someone asks to see it.

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Part 7 Surveys and investigations

110Powers of entry for certain survey purposes

  1. Subject to subsections (2) to (4), any person authorised either specifically or generally by the Minister or local authority, as the case may require, may, for the purposes of carrying out any public work or any proposed public work, and subject to the limitations of any authorisation so granted, enter and re-enter any land at reasonable times, with or without such assistance, aircraft, boats, vehicles, appliances, machinery, and equipment as are reasonably necessary for making any survey in accordance with survey regulations made under the Survey Act 1986.

  2. Before exercising any of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Minister or local authority shall, where practicable, give reasonable notice to the owner or occupier of the land, as the case may require, of the intention to exercise those powers.

  3. If, under subsection (1), entry is made on any land without notice, advice that entry has been so made shall be given to the owner or occupier of the land as soon thereafter as is practicable, and if the owner or occupier cannot be found, the notice shall be displayed in a prominent place on the land.

  4. Any person exercising any power under subsection (1) shall have with him, and shall produce if required to do so, evidence of—

  5. his authority; and
    1. his identity.

      Compare
      • 1928 No 21 s 107