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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-prevention-and-remediation-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/361",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Liability (Prevention and Remediation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-liability-prevention-and-remediation-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "If it is shown to the satisfaction of a lay magistrate on sworn information in writing—\n(a) that there are reasonable grounds for the exercise in relation to any land of a relevant power; and\n(b) that one or more of the conditions specified in paragraph 2 is fulfilled in relation to that land,\nthe lay magistrate may, by warrant, authorise an authorised person to exercise the power in relation to that land, in accordance with the warrant and, if need be, by reasonable force.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1 in operation at 14.12.2009, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:30:05.251769+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."
}