13.—(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of this Order, enter on any land within the Order limits or which may be affected by the authorised development and—
(a)survey or investigate the land;
(b)without prejudice to the generality of subparagraph (a), make trial holes in such positions on the land as the undertaker thinks fit to investigate the nature of the surface layer and subsoil and remove soil samples;
(c)without prejudice to the generality of subparagraph (a), carry out ecological or archaeological investigations on such land;
(d)place on, leave on and remove from the land apparatus for use in connection with the survey and investigation of land and making of trial holes.
(2) No land may be entered, or equipment placed or left on or removed from the land, under paragraph (1) unless at least 14 days’ notice has been served on every owner and occupier of the land.
(3) Any person entering land under this article on behalf of the undertaker—
(a)must, if so required when entering the land, produce written evidence of his or her authority to do so;
(b)may take with him or her such vehicles and equipment as are necessary to carry out the survey or investigation or to make the trial holes.
(4) No trial holes may be made under this article—
(a)in land located within the highway boundary, without the consent of the highway authority;
(b)in a private street, without the consent of the street authority.
(5) A consent for the purpose of paragraph (4)(a) or (b) may be given subject to such terms and conditions as the authority giving it may reasonably impose, but may not be unreasonably withheld.
(6) The undertaker must compensate any owner or occupier of land who sustains loss or damage by reason of the exercise of the authority conferred by this article for that loss or damage.
(7) Any compensation payable under paragraph (6) is to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.