{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-72",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966/section-72.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1966/17",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries Act (Northern Ireland) 1966",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-act-northern-ireland-1966",
  "path": "section/72",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Mesh of nets for taking fish in fresh water.",
  "text": "(1) No person shall, under section 71(2)( c), ( d), ( e) or ( g), use any net with a mesh of less size than—\n(a) such size as may be prescribed by regulations ; or\n(b) if no size is so prescribed, a size of 4.4 centimetres from knot to knot, to be measured along the side of the square, or 17.6 centimetres to be measured all round each mesh, such measurements being taken in the clear when the net is wet.\n(2) No person shall, under section 71(2)( f), use any net with a mesh of less size than—\n(a) such size as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 15; or\n(b) if no size is so prescribed, the size specified in subsection (1)( b).\n(3) If any person contravenes subsection (1) or (2) he shall be guilty of an offence.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 72(1)(a): word in Act substituted (1.6.2009) by Public Authorities (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 3), ss. 1(3)(b), 7(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 para. 3(1)(c) (with Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 4(3)); S.R. 2009/172, art. 2(a)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "SR 1983/100"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1966/17/section/72",
    "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."
}