294 Entry, etc, of premises by highway authority or council for certain purposes
Highways Act 1980 (1980 c 66) | Legislation

294  Entry, etc, of premises by highway authority or council for certain purposes

(1)     If, in the discharge of functions conferred or imposed on an authority, being a highway authority or council, by a provision of this Act to which this section applies, it becomes necessary for an authorised officer of the authority to enter, examine or lay open any premises for the purpose of—

(a)     surveying,

(b)     making plans,

(c)     executing, maintaining or examining works,

(d)     ascertaining the course of sewers or drains,

(e)     ascertaining or fixing boundaries, or

(f)     ascertaining whether any hedge, tree or shrub is dead, diseased,

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