Section 13, The Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency Act , 2017

(1) The Agency may enter any land for any of thefollowing purposes- (a) surveying and taking of meteorological and climatological information; (b) constructing, erecting, placing, operating or maintaining any meteorological and climatological equipment upon or over any premises, or examining, repairing, altering or removing any equipment so placed; (c) monitoring meteorological and climatological components of environmental impacts on pollution, degradation and other concentrations; (d) attaching to any wall, house or building any bracket or other fixture required for the carrying out or support of any equipment; and (e) any other work connected with its functions under this Act. (2) The Agency shall when practicable give reasonable notice under section 14 to the occupier of any land on which it intends to enter. (3) In the exercise of the powers conferred under this section, the Agency shall do as little damage as possible and shall pay compensation for any damage done. (4) The Agency shall not construct, place, maintain, examine, repair, alter or remove any equipment under, in, upon, over, along or across any land, building, embarkment, dock, harbour or pier under the control of a ministry or authority unless it obtains the approval of the ministry or authority. (5) Any equipment placed across or over any road shall be placed so as not to interfere with the passage along the road and the Agency shall make good any road opened or broken up for the purposes referred to in subsection (1).