Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024

106 Powers to enter land for enforcement purposes

(1) A person authorised in writing by a planning authority may enter land in the authority’s area to assess whether an offence under section 103 or 104 is being, or has been, committed on or in respect of the land.

(2) A person authorised in writing by the Welsh Ministers may enter land in Wales to assess whether an offence under section 103 or 104 is being, or has been, committed on or in respect of the land.

(3) A power to enter land under this section may be exercised—

(a) at any reasonable time, and

(b) only if there are reasonable grounds for entering the land for the purpose in question.

(4) A person authorised to enter land under this section may not demand entry as of right to a building used as a dwelling unless 24 hours’ notice of the intended entry has been given to every occupier of the building.

(5) A person authorised to enter land under this section—

(a) must, if required to do so by or on behalf of any owner or occupier of the land, produce evidence of the person’s authorisation and state the purpose of the entry before entering the land,

(b) may take on to the land any other persons that are necessary, and

(c) must, if leaving the land at a time when no owner or occupier is present, leave it as effectively secured against trespassers as the person found it.