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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972/section-116",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972/section-116.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1972/9",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-1972",
  "path": "section/116",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "116",
  "heading": "Power to prosecute or defend.",
  "text": "Where a council considers it expedient for the promotion or protection of the interests—\n(a) of the council;\n(b) of its district or of any part of its district;\n(c) of the inhabitants of its district or of any part of its district;\nit may prosecute or defend any legal proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/section/116",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:29:08.839580+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."
}