{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-grants-act-northern-ireland-1967/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-grants-act-northern-ireland-1967/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1967/8",
  "legislation_title": "Fishing Vessels (Grants) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fishing-vessels-grants-act-northern-ireland-1967",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation and short title.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“fishing vessel” means a vessel which is provided for use in catching fish and is primarily so used;\n“improving” in relation to a fishing vessel includes the acquisition, installation, modification, renewal or replacement of any part of such a vessel or of any relevant equipment required for or installed or used on such a vessel.\n[ “statutory provision” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 1954 c.33.]\n(2) This Act may be cited as the Fishing Vessels (Grants) Act (Northern Ireland) 1967.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1972 c.4 (NI)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1967/8/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:31:48.429615+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."
}