{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-1891/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-1891/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/54-55/37",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act 1891",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-1891",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Construction, title, and commencement of this Part of Act.",
  "text": "(1) This Part of this Act shall be construed . . . , so far as relates to Scotland and the Scottish zone within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998, . . . as one with the Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act 1885.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) The Sea Fisheries (Scotland) Amendment Act 1885 and this Part of this Act may be cited collectively as the Sea Fisheries Acts 1885 to 1891.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77), Sch. 2 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(1) substituted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1820, arts. 1(2), 4, Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Ss. 5, 6(2) repealed by Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77), Sch. 2 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 6(3) substituted (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 6(4) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1908 (c. 49)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1885 c. 70."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/54-55/37/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:33:10.263947+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."
}