{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-22.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1983/150",
  "legislation_title": "The Quarries (Northern Ireland) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quarries-northern-ireland-order-1983",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Restriction on institution of proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Summary proceedings for an offence under this Order shall not be instituted against the owner, occupier or agent of a quarry except by an inspector or with the consent in writing of the Executive.\n(2) Where an owner, occupier or agent of a quarry proves that he had taken all reasonable means to prevent the contravention of any of the provisions of Articles 10 and 11. . . , an inspector, if satisfied that the owner, occupier or agent had taken all such reasonable means, shall not institute any prosecution in respect of an offence under Article 20 (2) or (5).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SR 1999/150"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 22(2) substituted (1.8.2006) by Quarries Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/205), regs 1(1), 41(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "1990 NI 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/150/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:24.889840+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."
}