{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scotland-act-1998-river-tweed-order-2006/article-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scotland-act-1998-river-tweed-order-2006/article-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110705548",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (River Tweed) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scotland-act-1998-river-tweed-order-2006",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Methods of fishing: freshwater fish",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), any person who fishes for or takes freshwater fish in any inland waters except by rod and line shall be guilty of an offence, and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.\n(2) Any person who attempts to commit or who does any act preparatory to the commission of the offence mentioned in paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to the same punishment as if that person had committed the offence mentioned.\n(3) In any pond or loch where all the owners are agreed, a right of fishing may be exercised by net.\n(4) In any inland waters an owner or occupier may fish for or take freshwater fish, other than trout, by net or trap.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110705548/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:22:41.602018+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."
}