{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-northern-ireland-order-2002/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-northern-ireland-order-2002/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2002/3155",
  "legislation_title": "The Harbours (Northern Ireland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/harbours-northern-ireland-order-2002",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Power of Department to issue directions",
  "text": "(1) The Department may give to a designated harbour authority directions of a general or specific nature as to the exercise by that authority of its functions.\n(2) Before giving any directions to a designated harbour authority under this Article the Department shall consult the authority to which the directions are to be given.\n(3) Directions given under this Article to a designated harbour authority must be in writing and must specify a date on which the directions come into operation.\n(4) It shall be the duty of a designated harbour authority to comply with any directions given to it under this Article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2002/3155/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:26.315590+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."
}