An officer of the F5appropriate enforcement authority or any other person authorised by F6the appropriate enforcement authority in that behalf may (on production, if so required, of his authority) enter on and survey any land for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is suitable for afforestation or for the purpose of inspecting any timber thereon, or for any other purpose in connection with the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties of the F5appropriate enforcement authority under this Act or the M1Plant Health Act 1967.

The F3appropriate forestry authority may authorise an officer or servant appointed or employed by them to exercise and perform on their behalf such powers and duties as they may consider necessary for the enforcement of byelaws under section 46 of this Act, and in particular to remove or exclude, after due warning, from any land to which the byelaws relate a person who commits, or whom he reasonably suspects of committing an offence against the said section or against the M2Vagrancy Act 1824.

Anyone who obstructs an officer or servant appointed or employed by the F4appropriate forestry authority in the due exercise or performance of his powers or duties under the foregoing subsection shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F1level 3 on the standard scale.