{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eel-fishing-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-7.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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Annual close seasons for eels",
  "text": "(1) The annual close season for eels by means of fishing engines which are erected or hung in fishing weirs or are fixed engines (other than long lines) shall be the period from the 16th December in any year to 14th August in the following year.\n(2) The annual close season for eels by any means other than a fishing engine to which paragraph (1) applies (except by rod and line), shall be the period from the 1st September in any year to 30th April in the following year.\n(3) The annual close seasons for eels in paragraphs (1) and (2) are subject to the annual catch limit for eels.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 substituted (1.1.2026) by The Eel Fishing (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/141), regs. 1, 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/166/regulation/7",
    "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."
}