Schedule 23, paragraph 5

Any person designated in writing for the purpose by the appropriate agency may, for any purpose specified in sub-paragraph (2) below— enter on any land in which the mines or minerals are, or are thought to be, being worked, and which is in or near to the land where any part of the appropriate agency's undertaking is situated; and enter the mines and any works connected with the mines. The purposes mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above are— carrying out any inspection under paragraph 2(2) above; ascertaining whether any mines or minerals have been worked so as to damage the undertaking of the appropriate agency; and carrying out any works and taking any other steps which the appropriate agency in question is authorised to carry out or take under paragraph 2(6) above. A person authorised to enter any premises under this paragraph may— make use of any equipment belonging to the owner of the mines or minerals in question; and use all necessary means for discovering the distance from any part of the undertaking of the appropriate agency to the parts of the mines or the minerals which are, or are about to be, worked. Schedule 20 to this Act shall apply in relation to the powers conferred by this paragraph as it applies to the powers conferred by sections 169 to 172 of this Act.

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