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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/libraries-act-northern-ireland-2008/section-3",
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  "legislation": "nia/2008/8",
  "legislation_title": "Libraries Act (Northern Ireland) 2008",
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  "path": "section/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Ancillary powers of Authority",
  "text": "(1) The Authority may do anything that appears to it to be conducive or incidental to the discharge of its functions.\n(2) In particular the Authority may—\n(a) enter into agreements;\n(b) subject to section 5, acquire or dispose of property;\n(c) borrow money;\n(d) subject to the approval of the Department, form bodies corporate or acquire or dispose of interests in bodies corporate;\n(e) accept gifts;\n(f) invest money;\n(g) carry out, or commission or assist in the carrying out of, research;\n(h) co-operate with, or provide advice to, other bodies established by or under a statutory provision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2008/8/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:24.205764+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."
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