{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-3",
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  "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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Protection and maintenance",
  "text": "(1) A district council shall assert, protect and keep open and free from obstruction or encroachment any public right of way; and for this purpose a district council may institute proceedings in its own name.\n(2) A district council may, after consultation with the owner of the land concerned, maintain any public right of way; but this paragraph shall not relieve any person from any liability to maintain a public right of way.\n(3) A district council shall compile and preserve maps and other records of public rights of way in its district.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}