{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2020/152",
  "legislation_title": "The Edible Crabs (Conservation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966;\n“berried edible crab” means a female edible crab which is bearing eggs;\n“edible crab” means crab of the species Cancer pagurus;\n“foreign fishing boat” has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Act 2020 (see section 52 of that Act);\n“size” means the maximum width of the carapace measured perpendicular to the antero-posterior midline of the carapace and shall be measured as shown in the Schedule to these Regulations;\n““soft-shelled edible crab” means an edible crab which has recently cast its shell;”\n“stock cage” means a containment device used to store crabs at sea or in the waters of a port or harbour.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 35(2) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (10.2.2023) by The Edible Crabs (Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/5), regs. 1, 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/152/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:43:13.996062+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."
}