{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/regulation-2.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": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Edible Crabs (Conservation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "text": "(1) The Edible Crabs (Conservation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation) after the definition of size insert—\n““soft-shelled edible crab” means an edible crab which has recently cast its shell;”\n(3) In regulation 3—\n(a) In paragraph (1) for “140mm” substitute “150mm”.\n(b) In paragraph (2) for “140mm” substitute “150mm”.\n(4) After paragraph 4A insert—\n“Soft-shelled edible crab\n4B. (1) 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, of a soft-shelled edible crab is prohibited.\n(2) Where a soft-shelled edible crab is brought on board a sea-fishing boat, it must be immediately returned to sea, as near as possible to the place from which it was taken.”\n(5) In regulation 5(1) for “3 and 4” substitute “3,4,4A and 4B”.\n(6) In regulation 5(2) for “3 and 4” substitute “3,4,4A and 4B”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 10.2.2023, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2020 No. 152, as amended by S.R. 2021 No. 336."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/5/regulation/2",
    "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."
}