{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-63.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1966/17",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966",
  "path": "section/63",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Fishing for salmon or trout by cross lines.",
  "text": "(1) If any person takes or fishes for salmon or trout by means of cross lines in any river or lake he shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) In subsection (1) “cross lines” means fishing lines—\n(a) reaching from one position to another across water and fixed or held at each of their ends, and\n(b) having attached to them one or more baited hooks or lures, artificial or otherwise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1991 NI 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/section/63",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:32:15.701581+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."
}