{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2010/166",
  "legislation_title": "Eel Fishing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-regulations-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Fisheries\nMade 27th April 2010\nComing into operation 1st June 2010\nThe Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(1), 19(1), 26(1) and 37(1) of the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 and now vested in it .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Established by Article 3(1)(b) of the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1966 c. 17 (N.I.) as amended by S.I 1968 c. 31 (N.I.), S.I. 1981/227 (N.I. 7), S.R. 1983 No. 100;, S.I. 1991/1466 (N.I. 13);, 2001 c. 4 (N.I), S.I. 2007/915 (N.I 9) and 2009 c.3 (N.I)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 3 and Schedule 1. Functions formerly exercisable by the Fisheries Conservancy Board for Northern Ireland under the Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 were transferred to the Department by section 1 of the Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c.3 (N.I.))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/166/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:27:11.785159+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."
}