{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-conservation-of-coarse-fish-byelaws-northern-ireland-2008/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-conservation-of-coarse-fish-byelaws-northern-ireland-2008/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/319",
  "legislation_title": "Fisheries (Conservation of Coarse Fish) Byelaws (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fisheries-conservation-of-coarse-fish-byelaws-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Byelaws—\n“angling” means the fishing for, taking or killing of fish by rod and line or hand line;\n“bait” means any material used on a hook for the purpose of attracting fish;\n“coarse fish” means any freshwater fish other than pike, salmon, rainbow trout, trout, eels or minnow;\n“hand-line” means a line held in the hand to which shall be attached not more than a single baited hook;\n“hook” means a hook attached to a fishing line.\n(2) In these Byelaws any reference to the size of any fish shall be construed as a reference to its length when measured from the tip of its snout to the fork or cleft of its tail.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/319/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:20.006099+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."
}