{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cockle-fishing-management-and-permitting-specified-area-wales-order-2024/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cockle-fishing-management-and-permitting-specified-area-wales-order-2024/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2024/767",
  "legislation_title": "The Cockle Fishing Management and Permitting (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/cockle-fishing-management-and-permitting-specified-area-wales-order-2024",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Assessment of cockle beds",
  "text": "(1) In order to determine whether the criteria set out in article 6(a) and (b) have been met, the Welsh Ministers must assess all cockle beds that are closed under article 4 before the end of September 2024.\n(2) From 1 January 2025, the Welsh Ministers must assess all cockle beds at least once during each calendar year.\n(3) For the purposes of this Part the terms “assess” and “assessment” mean the completion of—\n(a) a stock survey,\n(b) calculation of a harvestable surplus, and\n(c) if there is a harvestable surplus, any required environmental assessment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 5 in force at 10.7.2024, see art. 1(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/767/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:00:33.004555+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."
}