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PLANNING (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1972 - SECT 102



102.(1) A person authorised [or permitted] under Article 101 to enter upon any
land

(a)shall, if so required, produce evidence of his authority [or of his
appointment as a member of the planning appeals commission] before so
entering;

(b)shall not demand admission as of right to any land which is occupied unless
three days' notice of the intended entry has been given to the occupier.

(2) Any person who wilfully obstructs a person acting in the exercise of his
powers under Article 101 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding [#50].

(3) If any person who, in compliance with Article 101, is admitted into a
factory, workshop or work place discloses to any person any information
obtained by him therein as to any manufacturing process or trade secret, he
shall, unless the disclosure is made in the course of performing his duty in
connection with the survey or estimate for which he was authorised to enter
the premises, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding [#1,000] or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three
months.

(4) Where any property is damaged in the exercise of a right of entry
conferred under Article 101, or in the making of a survey for the purpose of
which any such right of entry has been so conferred, compensation in respect
of that damage may be recovered by any person interested in the property from
the Ministry.

(5) Any question of disputed compensation recoverable under paragraph (4)
shall be determined by the Lands Tribunal.

(6) Where under Article 101 a person proposes to carry out any works
authorised by virtue of paragraph (6) of that Article, he shall not carry out
those works unless notice of his intention to do so was included in the notice
required by paragraph (1)(b).



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