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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drainage-northern-ireland-order-1973/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1973/69",
  "legislation_title": "Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Works in connection with watercourses, whether natural or artificial, and their feeders, including—\n(a) the cleansing, widening, deepening, covering or otherwise improving of existing watercourses;\n(b) the cutting of new drains where required;\n(c) the raising and repairing of existing embankments, and the construction of new embankments;\n(d) the sinking of pumping sumps;\n(e) the construction and repairing of sluices or valves;\n(f) the removal and disposal of old spoil banks.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1973/69/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:36.383193+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."
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