{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-10/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-10/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/22",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 139 (offences) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) in paragraph (a), for “or 132(1)” substitute “ , 129A, 129B or 132(1) or (1A) ”;\n(b) in paragraph (b), for “or 136(1)” substitute “ , 134A, 134B, 136(1) or (1A), 137A, 137C, 137E or 137G ”.\n(3) For subsection (2) substitute—\n“(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section in respect of a contravention of—\n(a) a byelaw made under section 129 or 129A,\n(b) a byelaw made under section 132(1),\n(c) an order made under section 134 or 134A, or\n(d) an order made under section 136(1),\nis liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(2A) A person who is guilty of an offence under this section in respect of a contravention of a byelaw or order not specified in subsection (2) is liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine (in Scotland or Northern Ireland, not exceeding the statutory maximum).”\n(4) In subsection (4), for “England and Wales” substitute “ the United Kingdom ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/22/schedule/10/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:19.398570+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."
}