{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2023/5",
  "legislation_title": "The Edible Crabs (Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Edible Crabs (Conservation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (the Principal Regulations) to prohibit the retention on board a sea-fishing boat, the bringing to land, the landing, having in possession, selling, exposing for sale, buying for sale, or consigning to any person for the purpose of sale, a soft-shelled edible crab. A soft-shelled edible crab brought on board a sea-fishing boat must be immediately returned to the sea.\nThe Regulations also amend regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations as a consequence of the minimum landing size for edible crab of 150mm as provided for in the Edible Crabs (Undersized) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021 No. 335). Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is also amended to clarify the exemptions that apply to the prohibitions.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/5/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:32:37.397438+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."
}