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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-emergencies-order-northern-ireland-2011/article-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/360",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire and Rescue Services (Emergencies) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-emergencies-order-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Search and rescue",
  "text": "(1) The Board shall make provision for the purpose of rescuing people who may be trapped and protecting them from serious harm in the event of—\n(a) a landslide;\n(b) the collapse of a building, tunnel or other structure; or\n(c) in the event of a serious transport incident.\n(2) In this Article—\n(a) “structure” does not include a tunnel or mine;\n(b) “tunnel” means a man-made passage; and\n(c) “mine” means a mine within the meaning of section 156 of the Mines Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.\n(3) The function conferred by paragraph (1) shall not apply where it is reasonable for the Board to conclude that another person with search and rescue functions or specialist search and rescue capabilities can make satisfactory provision for the emergency in connection with which the function is conferred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1969 c.6 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/360/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:19:20.310052+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."
}