{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nature-conservation-and-amenity-lands-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-18",
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  "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/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "National nature reserves",
  "text": "(1) Where the Department is satisfied that any land which—\n(a) is being managed as a nature reserve under an agreement entered into with the Department;\n(b) is held by the Department and is being managed by it as a nature reserve; or\n(c) is held by an approved body and is managed by that body as a nature reserve,\nis of national importance, the Department may declare that land to be a national nature reserve.\n(2) Paragraphs (2) to (4) of Article 16 shall apply in relation to a declaration under paragraph (1) as they apply to a declaration under paragraph (1) of that Article.\n(3) In this Article “approved body” means a body approved by the Department for the purposes of this Article.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/170/article/18",
    "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."
}