Q6

[Subsidiary]

Use of land by Her Majesty's forces and police.

Entry and inspection of land.

Power to permit nuisances where necessary.

CAP. 241] Emergency (Requisition) Regulations.

[1967 Ed.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, the doing or retaining of work shall, in relation to any land, be deemed to include the demolition, pulling down, destruction or rendering useless of anything placed in, on or over the land and the removal from the land of anything so placed, demolished or pulled down.

6. (1) Without prejudice to any other of these regulations, the Governor may by order authorize, subject to any restrictions or conditions imposed by the order, the use of any land specified therein for naval, military, air force or police force purposes, as the case may be, during such period as may be specified in the order; and any such order may, so far as appears to the Governor to be necessary or expedient for the purposes thereof, provide-

(a) for entitling persons using any land in pursuance of the order to do such acts in relation to that land as may be specified in the order; and

(b) for prohibiting or restricting the exercise of rights of way over that land, and of other rights relating thereto which are enjoyed by any person, whether by virtue of an interest in land or otherwise.

(2) Any person who contravenes any order made under this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

7. Any member of Her Majesty's regular forces or local naval, military or air force corps or reserve, or a police officer acting in the course of his duty as such, or any person authorized by a competent authority to act under this regulation on producing, if so required, some duly authenticated document showing his authority may-

(a) enter on any land for the purpose of exercising any of the powers conferred in relation to that land by any of these regulations;

(b) enter and inspect any land for the purpose of determining whether, and, if so, in what manner, any of these powers are to be exercised in relation to the land; and

(c) for any purpose in the public interest pass (with or without animals or vehicles) over any land.

8. (1) If the competent authority is satisfied-

(a) that it is necessary in the public interest that any particular work should be carried on in any particular premises or place; and

(b) that the carrying on of that work therein under the conditions necessitated by the requirements of the public interest is causing or may cause a nuisance,

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