{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007/section-30",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-and-security-northern-ireland-act-2007",
  "path": "section/30",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Road closure: immediate",
  "text": "(1) If he considers it immediately necessary for the preservation of the peace or the maintenance of order, an officer may—\n(a) wholly or partly close a road;\n(b) divert or otherwise interfere with a road or the use of a road;\n(c) prohibit or restrict the exercise of a right of way;\n(d) prohibit or restrict the use of a waterway.\n(2) In this section “officer” means—\n(a) a member of Her Majesty's forces on duty, or\n(b) a person authorised for the purposes of this section by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/6/section/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:55.493954+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."
}