Section 6: Powers of authorised persons

6. Powers of authorised persons (1) (a) An authorised person shall, subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), at all reasonable times, have access to any property for the purposes of conducting a survey and ascertaining the value of the property. [Issue 2] L6A – 4 (b) An authorised person may, after giving not less than 72 hours’ notice in writing to the owner of a property— (i) enter upon the property and make any inspection, measurement or survey necessary or expedient for the purposes of the DCDB and for the determination of the market value of the property; and (ii) for the purposes of paragraph (a), put to the owner of the property any question, either orally or in writing. (c) An authorised person shall produce his authority before entering on any property. (2) An authorised person may, for the purpose of determining the ownership or value of any property, by written notice, require the owner to furnish in writing such information relating to the property within such time as may be specified in the notice. (3) An authorised person may, at all reasonable times, examine, free of charge, any document relevant to the ownership or valuation of any property in the custody of the Registrar-General’s Department, the Valuation Department, the Town and Country Planning Board or a local authority and may require and take copies or extracts of the document.