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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fire-and-rescue-services-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-18",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110800257",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fire-and-rescue-services-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Powers of fire and rescue officers in an emergency, etc.",
  "text": "(1) A fire and rescue officer being on duty, may do anything he reasonably believes to be necessary—\n(a) if he reasonably believes a fire to have broken out or to be about to break out, for the purpose of extinguishing or preventing the fire or protecting life or property;\n(b) if he reasonably believes a road traffic accident to have occurred, for the purpose of rescuing persons or protecting them from serious harm;\n(c) if he reasonably believes an emergency of another kind to have occurred, for the purpose of carrying out any function conferred on the Board in relation to the emergency; and\n(d) for the purpose of preventing or limiting damage to property resulting from action taken as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c).\n(2) In particular, a fire and rescue officer may under paragraph (1)—\n(a) enter premises, by force if necessary, without the consent of the owner or occupier of the premises;\n(b) move or break into a vehicle without the consent of its owner;\n(c) close a road;\n(d) stop and regulate traffic; and\n(e) restrict the access of persons to premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110800257/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:05.391364+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."
}