After section 36B of the hazardous substances Act (rights of entry: supplementary provisions) there is inserted the following section—

“36CRights of entry: Crown land

(1)

Section 36 applies to Crown land subject to the following modifications.

(2)

A person must not enter Crown land unless he has the relevant permission.

(3)

Relevant permission is the permission of—

(a)

a person appearing to the person seeking entry to the land to be entitled to give it, or

(b)

the appropriate authority.

(4)

Section 36B does not apply to anything done by virtue of this section.

(5)

“Appropriate authority” must be construed in accordance with section 31(5).”