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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-act-northern-ireland-1970/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "apni/1970/1",
  "legislation_title": "Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) An appropriate department may cause a survey and examination to be made—\n(a) of any tidal work; and\n(b) of the land upon which it is proposed to construct any such work.\n(2) Where an appropriate department incurs any expenditure in pursuance of sub-paragraph (1), it may recover the amount of that expenditure from the local harbour authority which proposes to construct, alter or extend the work in question as if it were a debt due under a contract.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/1/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}