{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-48.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/48",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Rangers",
  "text": "(1) A district council may appoint rangers as respects any land to which Article 46 (1) applies.\n(2) The purposes for which rangers may be appointed under paragraph (1) as respects any land are—\n(a) to advise and assist the public as to any matter relating to the use of the land;\n(b) to secure compliance with bye-laws made under Article 46 or 47;\n(c) to perform such other duties in relation to the land as the district council may determine.\n(3) For the purpose of exercising any function conferred on him by this Article, a ranger may enter upon any land comprised in an access agreement or order in force under this Order.",
  "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/48",
    "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."
}