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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-hedges-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-18",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/21",
  "legislation_title": "High Hedges Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-hedges-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Application to the Crown",
  "text": "(1) This Act and any provision made under it binds the Crown to the full extent authorised or permitted by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.\n(2) This section does not impose criminal liability on the Crown.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not affect the criminal liability of persons in the service of the Crown.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 18 in operation at 31.3.2012 by S.R. 2012/20, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/21/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:45.115959+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."
}