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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Signposting",
  "text": "(1) A district council may, after consultation with the owner or occupier of the land concerned, erect and maintain signposts or other similar works on any public right of way.\n(2) A district council shall, in the exercise of its powers under paragraph (1), erect such signposts or other similar works as may in the opinion of the district council be required to assist persons unfamiliar with the locality to follow the course of the public right of way.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/1895/article/4",
    "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."
}