# The Cockle Fishing Management and Permitting (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2024, Paragraph 7: Gathering and sorting of cockles

Extent: E+W

The permit holder must sort and wash cockles before they are taken from the cockle bed and for these purposes, a cockle is deemed as taken from a cockle bed as soon as it is placed in a container (including bags, sacks, and other similar receptacles).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2024/767/schedule/2/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/cockle-fishing-management-and-permitting-specified-area-wales-order-2024/schedule-2/paragraph-7
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