{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crabs-and-lobsters-minimum-size-order-northern-ireland-2000/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crabs-and-lobsters-minimum-size-order-northern-ireland-2000/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/200",
  "legislation_title": "Crabs and Lobsters (Minimum Size) Order (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crabs-and-lobsters-minimum-size-order-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966;\n...\n“foreign fishing boat” has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Act 2020 (see section 52 of that Act);\n“lobster” means lobster of the species Homarus gammarus.\n(2) For the purposes of this Order, the size of:—\n(a) lobsters, shall be measured as shown in the illustration of a lobster set out in Schedule 1 as the length of the carapace, parallel to the midline from the back of either eye socket to the distal edge of the carapace;\n(b) spider crabs shall be measured as shown in the illustration of a spider crab set out in Schedule 1 as the length of the carapace measured along the midline, from the edge of the carapace, between the rostrums to the posterior edge of the carapace; and\n(c) velvet crabs, shall be measured as shown in the illustration of a velvet crab set out in Schedule 1 as the width of the carapace measured across the broadest part, excluding spines, of the back.\n“spider crab” means crab of the species Maia squinado;\n“velvet crab” means crab of the species Necora puber.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 33(2)(a) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(1) inserted (1.12.2018) by The Sea Fishing (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/185), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 33(2)(b) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in operation at 30.6.2000, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/200/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:15:14.571222+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."
}