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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020/schedule-2/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/22",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-2020",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Shrimp Fishing Nets Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2870) is amended as follows.\n(2) In article 1, omit paragraph (2) (application).\n(3) In article 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) omit the definition of “British fishing boat”;\n(b) at the appropriate place insert—\n““regulated fishing boat” means—\n(a) a fishing boat which is registered in the United Kingdom or is British-owned, or\n(b) a foreign fishing boat;”.\n(4) In article 3 (prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid)—\n(a) in paragraph (1), for “British fishing boat” substitute “ regulated fishing boat ”;\n(b) after paragraph (2) insert—\n“(3) The prohibition in this article does not apply to—\n(a) a fishing boat in the territorial sea adjacent to Wales,\n(b) a Scottish fishing boat either in the Scottish zone or outside British fishery limits,\n(c) a Northern Ireland fishing boat either in the Northern Ireland zone or outside British fishery limits, or\n(d) a foreign fishing boat outside British fishery limits.”\n(5) In article 4 (powers of British sea-fishery officers), in paragraph (1), for “in relation to any British fishing boat to which this Order applies” substitute\n“—\n(a) in relation to a regulated fishing boat that is not a Scottish fishing boat or a foreign fishing boat, wherever it may be; and\n(b) in relation to any other regulated fishing boat, in any waters adjacent to the United Kingdom and within relevant British fishery limits.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/22/schedule/2/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}