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Changes over time for: Section 196A


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Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Section 196A 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.

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Valid from 02/01/1992
[196A Rights to enter without warrant.E+W
(1)Any person duly authorised in writing by a local planning authority may at any reasonable hour enter any land—
(a)to ascertain whether there is or has been any breach of planning control on the land or any other land;
(b)to determine whether any of the powers conferred on a local planning authority by this Part should be exercised in relation to the land or any other land;
(c)to determine how any such power should be exercised in relation to the land or any other land;
(d)to ascertain whether there has been compliance with any requirement imposed as a result of any such power having been exercised in relation to the land or any other land,
if there are reasonable grounds for entering for the purpose in question.
(2)Any person duly authorised in writing by the Secretary of State may at any reasonable hour enter any land to determine whether an enforcement notice should be issued in relation to the land or any other land, if there are reasonable grounds for entering for that purpose.
(3)The Secretary of State shall not so authorise any person without consulting the local planning authority.
(4)Admission to any building used as a dwellinghouse shall not be demanded as of right by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) unless twenty-four hours’ notice of the intended entry has been given to the occupier of the building.]
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