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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-87",
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  "legislation": "nia/2014/8",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "section/87",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": "Consultation on improvement duties",
  "text": "In deciding how to discharge its duty under sections 84 and 85, a council must consult persons appearing to the council to be representative of—\n(a) persons liable to pay rates in respect of hereditaments in the district;\n(b) persons who use or are likely to use services provided by the council;\n(c) persons appearing to the council to have an interest in the district.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 87 excluded (27.8.2021) by Local Government (Meetings and Performance) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 8), ss. 3(1)(2)(b), 6(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 87 in operation at 1.4.2015 by S.R. 2015/209, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/section/87",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:21.412545+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."
}