The Countryside Access Regulations 1994

Obligation to permit entry and inspection

10.—(1) A beneficiary shall permit any officer duly authorised by the Minister, accompanied by such persons acting under his instructions as appear to the officer to be necessary for the purpose, at all reasonable times and on production of his authority on demand, to enter upon that beneficiary’s holding in order to inspect any land, document or record with a view to verifying—

(a) the accuracy of any particulars given in any application or claim under regulation 9 or in any undertaking given by a new occupier pursuant to regulation 7(1)(b); and

(b) compliance with the access obligations.

(2) A beneficiary shall render all reasonable assistance to the authorised officer in relation to the matters mentioned in paragraph (1) above, and in particular shall—

(a) produce any document or record which is required by that officer for inspection; and

(b) at the request of that officer, accompany him in making the inspection of any land and shall identify any area of land which is concerned in any application or claim or in any undertaking given by a new occupier to comply with the access obligations undertaken by the original occupier.