{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-4B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edible-crabs-conservation-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-4B.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/4B",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4B",
  "heading": "Soft-shelled edible crab",
  "text": "(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Para. 4B inserted (10.2.2023) by The Edible Crabs (Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/5), regs. 1, 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/152/regulation/4B",
    "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."
}