s 121 Rights of entry
(1) Any person duly authorised in writing by the Department may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose— (a) of surveying it in connection with— (i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (iii) the preparation, adoption or amendment of a development scheme relating to the land under Part VII; (iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (v) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sub-para. (e) rep. by 2003 NI 8 (2) Any member of the planning appeals commission may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it in connection with the exercise of the functions of the commission under this Order. (3) Any person, being an officer of the Valuation Office of the Department of Finance and Personnel or a person duly authorised in writing by the Department, may at any reasonable time enter any land for the purpose of surveying it, or estimating its value, in connection with— (a) any proposal to acquire that land or any other land under this Order or any claim for compensation in respect of any such acquisition; (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) Any power conferred by this Article to survey land shall be construed as conferring power to search and bore for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the subsoil or the presence of minerals therein, but a person shall not carry out any works authorised by virtue of this paragraph unless notice of his intention to do so was included in the notice required by Article 122(1)(b). (5) Where it is proposed to search or bore in pursuance of paragraph (4) in a street within the meaning of the Street Works (Northern Ireland) Order 1995— (a) Article 15 of that Order (notice of starting date of works), so far as it requires notice to be given to a person having apparatus in the street which is likely to be affected by the works; (b) Article 29 of that Order (requirements to be complied with where works likely to affect another person's apparatus in the street); and (c) Article 42 of that Order (liability for damage or loss caused), have effect in relation to the searching or boring as if they were street works within the meaning of that Order.