{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-northern-ireland-1949/section-8",
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  "legislation": "apni/1949/2",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-northern-ireland-1949",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Provision of machinery for agricultural drainage or reclamation work.",
  "text": "Without prejudice to any of the powers conferred on it by the last preceding section, the Ministry may at the request of and by agreement with the occupier of any agricultural land carry out on that land such agricultural drainage or reclamation works by means of mechanical excavators or other machinery or apparatus as may be agreed upon, and may recover from such occupier the whole of the cost of carrying out of such works or such part of that cost as the Ministry of Finance may approve.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1973 NI 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1949/2/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:34:01.351174+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."
}