{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Edible crabs",
  "text": "(1) Where an edible crab less than 150mm in size 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(2) The retention of an edible crab less than 150mm in size in a stock cage is prohibited.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(1) substituted (10.2.2023) by The Edible Crabs (Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/5), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(2) substituted (10.2.2023) by The Edible Crabs (Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/5), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/152/regulation/3",
    "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."
}