{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fal-fishery-order-2016/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fal-fishery-order-2016/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/716",
  "legislation_title": "The Fal Fishery Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fal-fishery-order-2016",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Restrictions on fishing in the fishery area",
  "text": "(1) A person must not carry out any activity prohibited by regulations made under article 4.\n(2) A person must not dredge for, fish for or take oysters or mussels in the fishery area unless licensed to do so by the Authority.\n(3) A person must not dredge for, fish for or take oysters in the fishery area during the closed season, unless authorised to do so by regulations made under article 4(2)(e) or (f).\n(4) A person must not dredge for, fish for or take oysters or mussels from a fishing boat which, excluding any bowsprit, is over 11 metres long.\n(5) A person must not use mechanical methods of dredging, fishing for or taking any shellfish of the prescribed species.\n(6) Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) do not apply if the person is carrying out fisheries management and development activities in accordance with an authorisation granted by the Authority under article 4(6)(a).\n(7) In paragraph (5), “mechanical methods” does not include:\n(a) powering a fishing boat by sails or oars; or\n(b) using a winch or other device which can only be operated by hand.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 5 in force at 31.7.2016, see art. 1(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/716/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:22:08.472408+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."
}