{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fal-fishery-order-2016/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fal-fishery-order-2016/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/716",
  "legislation_title": "The Fal Fishery Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fal-fishery-order-2016",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Application for and grant of licence",
  "text": "(1) An application for a licence must be made in writing to the Authority.\n(2) The Authority must not issue a licence to a person under the age of 16.\n(3) A licence must—\n(a) name the licensee;\n(b) name any crew authorised to dredge for, fish for or take oysters or mussels from a fishing boat operated by the licensee;\n(c) specify any type of gear which must be used;\n(d) specify any part of the fishery area where it does not apply;\n(e) specify the period during which it is valid, which must not exceed one year;\n(f) specify any period outside the closed season when any restriction on fishing activities applies;\n(g) specify any conditions to which it is subject; and\n(h) be numbered.\n(4) A person (“P”) who appears to an officer of the Authority to be dredging, fishing for or taking oysters or mussels in the fishery area—\n(a) must, if so requested by the officer produce the licence P is operating under or proof of P’s identity; and\n(b) must not dredge, fish for or take oysters or mussels until it is produced.\n(5) The officer must produce to P written evidence of the officer’s authority under this Order if asked to do so by P.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 6 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/6",
    "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."
}