{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-amendment-regulations-1986/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-amendment-regulations-1986/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1986/538",
  "legislation_title": "The Diseases of Fish (Amendment) Regulations 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/diseases-of-fish-amendment-regulations-1986",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "RIVER, ENGLAND AND WALES RIVER, SCOTLAND\nSALMON AND FRESHWATER FISHERIES\nMade 12th March 1986\nComing into Operation 17th March 1986\nThe Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to England, and any marine waters adjacent to England, the Secretary of State for Scotland in relation to Scotland (including the marine waters thereof) and the Secretary of State for Wales in relation to Wales, and any marine waters adjacent to Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 9 of the Diseases of Fish Act 1937, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "the definition of “the Minister” in section 10(1) was inserted by section 5 of and paragraph 8 of the Schedule to the Diseases of Fish Act 1983 (c.30)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/538/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:51:31.731503+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."
}