{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3344",
  "legislation_title": "The Eels (England and Wales) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eels-england-and-wales-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Eel screens and by-wash",
  "text": "(1) A responsible person must ensure that an eel screen or by-wash—\n(a) does not interfere with any statutory right of navigation;\n(b) is constructed and located, so far as reasonably practicable, so that eels are not injured or damaged by it;\n(c) is maintained in an efficient state.\n(2) A person must not damage or interfere with an eel screen or do anything that impedes the free passage of eels through a by-wash.\n(3) Failure to comply with paragraph (1) or (2) is an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3344/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:57:56.974993+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."
}