{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1978-repealed-2781991/section-19A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1978-repealed-2781991/section-19A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/5",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978 (Repealed 27.8.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-emergency-provisions-act-1978-repealed-2781991",
  "path": "section/19A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19A",
  "heading": "Power of the secretary of State to direct the closure, etc. of roads.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by order direct—\n(a) that any highway specified in the order shall either be wholly closed or be closed to such extent, or diverted in such manner, as may be so specified;\n(b) that any highway specified in the order, being a highway which has already been wholly or partly closed, or diverted, in the excercise or purported excercise of any power conferred by or under a relevant enactment, shall continue to be so closed or diverted by virtue of the order.\n(2) Any person who, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse (the proof of which lies on him), interferes with—\n(a) works executed in connection with the closure or diversion of any highway specified in an order under this section (whether executed in pursuance of any such order or in pursuance of the exercise or purported exercise of any such power as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above), or\n(b) apparatus, equipment or any other thing used in pursuance of any such order in connection with the closure or diversion of any such highway,\nshall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.\n(3) In this section “relevant enactment” means section 19(2) or (3) above, section 17(2) or (3) of the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973, or the Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1922.\n(4) Nothing in this section shall prejudice the operation of section 19(2) or (3) above.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 19A inserted by Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1987 (c. 30, SIF 39:1), s. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1973 C. 53(39:1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1922 c. 5(N.I)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/5/section/19A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:23:13.600183+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."
}