{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/norfolk-and-suffolk-broads-act-1988/schedule-3/paragraph-47",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/4",
  "legislation_title": "Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/norfolk-and-suffolk-broads-act-1988",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/47",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Authority shall be treated as a local authority for the purposes of sections 25 to 29 of the Highways Act 1980 (public path creation agreements); and sections 72(2) (widening of footpaths etc.) and 118 to 121E (stopping up of footpaths etc.) , except sections 118B and 119B of that Act (stopping up and diversion for purposes of crime prevention, etc.), of that Act shall have effect in relation to the Authority as if it were a county council.\n(2) Without prejudice to the powers of any other body, the Authority shall have the power to maintain any public path within the Broads.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 47 substituted (12.2.2003 for E.) by Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37), s. 103(3), Sch. 6 para. 25(a); S.I. 2003/272, art. 2(r)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 para. 47 inserted (12.2.2003 for E.) by Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37), s. 103(3), Sch. 6 para. 25(b); S.I. 2003/272, art. 2(r)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1980 c. 66."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/4/schedule/3/paragraph/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:49:49.004006+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."
}