{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-1981/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-1981/section-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/29",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-1981",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Landing etc. of whales in Scotland.",
  "text": "(1) Any person who drives ashore in Scotland any whale of the species of smaller whales known as bottlenose whales and pilot whales shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50,000 or on conviction on indictment to a fine.\n(2) The Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1907 shall cease to have effect; and in section 17(1) of the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934 for the words “the authority having power to grant licences under the Whale Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1907” there shall be substituted the words “ the Secretary of State ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1907 c. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1934 c. 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "The text of s. 3(6), 19–26, 28, 29, 35(2)–(7), 36(2), 37–39, 45, 46(2), Sch. 1 para. 10, Sch. 3 para. 8(2)(3), Sch. 5 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/29/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:08.758735+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."
}