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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-northern-ireland-order-1973-repealed/article-45",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1973/70",
  "legislation_title": "Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (REPEALED)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-and-sewerage-services-northern-ireland-order-1973-repealed",
  "path": "article/45",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Obstruction",
  "text": "Any person who wilfully obstructs an authorised officer of the Ministry in the execution of any functions under this Order shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1984 NI 3"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1973/70/article/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:35.237450+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."
}