{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-streets-northern-ireland-order-1980/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-streets-northern-ireland-order-1980/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1980/1086",
  "legislation_title": "Private Streets (Northern Ireland) Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-streets-northern-ireland-order-1980",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Contribution by the Department to expenses of street works",
  "text": "(1) The Department may in such circumstances as it considers proper bear the whole or a portion of the expenses of any street works in a private street, and the liabilities of the responsible persons in respect of those expenses shall be treated as discharged, or as proportionately reduced, accordingly.\n(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to streets not designed for use by vehicular traffic or which are intended only to provide access to the rear of premises.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1980/1086/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:31.612679+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."
}