{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-6A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-6A.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": "regulation/6A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6A",
  "heading": "Maximum landing size for eels",
  "text": "(1) A person shall not wilfully fish for, take, retain or kill eels in excess of the maximum landing size for eels.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person shall not land or have in their possession or control eels in excess of the maximum landing size for eels.\n(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a licensed eel fisher who lands or has in his possession or control eels in excess of the maximum landing size for eels for the purpose of grading, provided the eels are graded immediately on landing and eels in excess of the maximum landing size for eels are immediately returned to the waters from which they were taken without any avoidable injury.\n(4) The maximum landing size for eels will be published on the Department’s website by 1 April each year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 6A inserted (1.1.2026) by The Eel Fishing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/141), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/166/regulation/6A",
    "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."
}