Schedule 1, Paragraph 27: Part 5, Chapter 3 – Assistance for applicants and others Sections 53 and 54: Rights of entry and Crown land
123.Section 53 provides that the Commission may authorise a person to enter a particular piece of land, in order to survey or take levels in connection with:
	an application for an order granting development consent, which has been accepted by the Commission; or
	an order granting development consent that includes authorisation for the compulsory purchase of land, or an interest in or right over land.
124.The Commission may also authorise a person to enter a particular piece of land in connection with a proposed application for an order granting development consent, but only if the proposed applicant:
125.Subsection (5) of section 53 makes it an offence wilfully to obstruct an authorised person who is exercising a right of entry.
126.Subsection (7) of section 53 provides that the person entering land under this section is liable to pay compensation for any damage caused.
127.Section 54 modifies the rights of entry in relation to Crown land.