{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-act-northern-ireland-1970/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "apni/1970/1",
  "legislation_title": "Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-act-northern-ireland-1970",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where any tidal work in the harbour of a local harbour authority is damaged or decays, the authority shall—\n(a) forthwith notify the Commissioners of Irish Lights;\n(b) lay down such buoys, exhibit such lights and take such other steps to prevent any danger to navigation, as those Commissioners may specify.\n(2) If a local harbour authority contravenes sub-paragraph (1), it shall be guilty of an offence and liable—\n(a) on summary conviction thereof, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/1/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:46.409362+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."
}