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The Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
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Supplementary provisions as to powers of entry and inspectionN.I.
52.—(1) A person authorised under Article 51 to enter any premises shall, if so required, produce evidence of his authority before so entering.
(2) A person so authorised may take with him onto the premises in question such other persons, and such equipment, as may be necessary.
(3) Admission to any land used for residential purposes, and admission with heavy equipment to any other land, shall not except in an emergency be demanded under Article 51 unless 7 days' notice in writing of the intended entry has been given to the occupier.
(4) Any person who, in the exercise of his powers under Article 51, enters any premises which are unoccupied or the occupier of which is temporarily absent, shall leave the premises as effectually secured against trespassers as he found them.
(5) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person acting in the exercise of his powers under Article 51 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(6) If any person assaults a person acting in the exercise of his powers under Article 51 he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(7) Where in the exercise of any power conferred by Article 51 any damage is caused to land or to chattels, any person interested in the land or chattels shall be entitled to compensation in respect of the damage from the Department.
(8) Any dispute as to a person's entitlement to compensation under paragraph (7) or the amount of it shall be determined by the Lands Tribunal.
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C1Arts. 41-56: transfer of functions (8.5.2016) by The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 Pt. 2 (with art. 9(2))
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