88 Rights of entry.E+W
(1)Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying any building on it [or any other land] in connection with a proposal to include the building in, or exclude it from, a list compiled or approved under section 1.
(2)Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State, a local planning authority or, where the authorisation relates to a building situated in Greater London, the Commission may at any reasonable time enter any land for any of the following purposes—
(a)surveying it [or any other land] in connection with any proposal by the authority or the Secretary of State to make, issue or serve any order or notice under any of the provisions of sections 1 to 26, 38, 40, 46, 54, 55, 60, 68, 75 or 76 or under any order or regulations made under any of them, or any notice under section 48;
(b)ascertaining whether any such order or notice has been complied with [in relation to the land or any other land];
(c)ascertaining whether an offence has been, or is being, committed with respect to any building on the land [or any other land], under section 9, 11 [, 26J] or 43;
(d)ascertaining whether any [building on the land or any other land] is being maintained in a proper state of repair.
(3)Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State, a local authority or, where the authorisation relates to a building situated in Greater London, the Commission may at any reasonable time enter any land for any of the following purposes—
(a)ascertaining whether an offence has been or is being committed under section 59 [in relation to the land or any other land];
(b)ascertaining whether any of the functions conferred by section 54 should or may be exercised in connection with the land [or any other land]; or
(c)exercising any of those functions in conn ection with the land [or any other land].
[(3ZA)Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State, a local planning authority in England or, where the authorisation relates to a building situated in Greater London, the Commission may at any reasonable time enter any land for any of the following purposes—
(a)securing the display of a temporary stop notice issued under section 44AA;
(b)ascertaining whether a temporary stop notice issued under that section is being complied with;
(c)considering any claim for compensation under section 44AC.]
[(3A)Any person duly authorised in writing by a local planning authority in Wales may at any reasonable time enter any land for any of the following purposes—
(a)securing the display of a temporary stop notice [issued under section 44B];
(b)ascertaining whether a temporary stop notice [issued under that section] is being complied with;
(c)considering any claim for compensation under section 44D.]
(4)Any person who is an officer of the Valuation Office or is duly authorised in writing by a local planning authority may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it, or estimating its value, in connection with a claim for compensation payable by the authority under section . . . 28 [, 28B] [, 29 [, 44AC] or 44D] in respect of any land.
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(6)Subject to [section 88B(8)], any power conferred by this section to survey land shall be construed as including power to search and bore for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the subsoil . . ..
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