{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-25.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1983/1895",
  "legislation_title": "The Access to the Countryside (Northern Ireland) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-northern-ireland-order-1983",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Provision for public access to open country",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of enabling the public to have access for open-air recreation to open country, this Part applies to land which is, or which gives or forms part of access to, open country, being land to which Article 26 is applied by an access agreement or an access order or acquired under Article 39 or 40.\n(2) In this Order “open country” means any land appearing to the district council or the Department to consist wholly or predominantly of mountain, moor, heath, hill, woodland, cliff, foreshore, marsh, bog or waterway.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/1895/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:14.819858+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}