{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sea-fisheries-northern-ireland-order-2002/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sea-fisheries-northern-ireland-order-2002/note.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110392442",
  "legislation_title": "Sea Fisheries (Northern Ireland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-sea-fisheries-northern-ireland-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nArticle 3 of, and Schedules 1 to 3 to, this Order transfer to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development functions relating to—\n(a) sea fishing in the Northern Ireland zone, and\n(b) sea fishing by Northern Ireland fishing boats.\nAs a consequence of these functions being transferred to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, various statutory provisions related to sea fisheries are amended by articles 6 and 7.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2002/0110392442/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:26:24.738165+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."
}