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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-act-northern-ireland-1970/section-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-act-northern-ireland-1970/section-21.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1970/1",
  "legislation_title": "Harbours Act (Northern Ireland) 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-act-northern-ireland-1970",
  "path": "section/21",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Exercise of power to grant leases and exclusive rights.",
  "text": "A local harbour authority shall not—\n(a) grant a lease of any part of the land vested in it;\n(b) confer any right or privilege to the exclusive use of any part of the land vested in it or of any machinery or equipment vested in it;\nunless it is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1970/1/section/21",
    "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."
}