Version Superseded: 12/02/2003
Point in time view as at 31/01/1993. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Highways Act 1980, Section 293 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)A person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State or other authority having power under this Act to make a public path creation order, a public path extinguishment order [F1, a rail crossing extinguishment order, a public path diversion order or a rail crossing diversion order] may enter upon any land for the purpose of surveying it in connection with the making of the order.
(2)For the purpose of surveying land, or of estimating its value, in connection with a claim for compensation payable by an authority in respect of that or any other land under section 28 above, or under that section as applied by section 121(2) above, a person who is an officer of the Valuation Office or who has been duly authorised in writing by the authority from whom the compensation is claimed may enter upon the land.
(3)A person authorised under this section to enter upon any land shall, if so required, produce evidence of his authority before entering; and a person shall not under this section demand admission as of right to any land which is occupied unless at least 7 days’ notice in writing of the intended entry has been given to the occupier.
(4)A person who wilfully obstructs a person acting in the exercise of his powers under this section is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding [F2level 3 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 293(1) substituted (31.1.1993) by Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), s. 47, Sch. 2, para.7; S.I. 1992/3144, art. 3,Sch.
F2Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46
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