{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-and-amenity-lands-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-and-amenity-lands-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1985/170",
  "legislation_title": "The Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands (Northern Ireland) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-and-amenity-lands-northern-ireland-order-1985",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Declarations in relation to nature reserves",
  "text": "(1) The Department may declare that any land—\n(a) acquired under Article 6, 24 or 25 or under Article 41 of the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 section 1 of the 1965 c. 9 (N.I.) Amenity Lands Act (Northern Ireland) 1965; or\n(b) in relation to which an agreement or covenant has been entered into under Article 8 or 17 or under section 2 or 2A of that Act;\nis established and is being managed as a nature reserve.\n(2) Where the Department has made a declaration under paragraph (1) in relation to any land and the Department is satisfied—\n(a) that the land has ceased to be managed as a nature reserve; or\n(b) that the agreement or covenant under Article 8 or 17 or under section 2 or 2A of the Amenity Lands Act (Northern Ireland) 1965 has ceased to be in force;\nthe Department shall declare that the land is no longer being managed as a nature reserve.\n(3) Any declaration under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein declared.\n(4) The Department shall give notice of any declaration under this Article in such manner as appears to the Department best suited for informing persons concerned.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1989 NI 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "2002 NI 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/170/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:48:58.015506+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."
}