{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-area-oyster-logbook-and-identification-tagging-regulations-2008/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-area-oyster-logbook-and-identification-tagging-regulations-2008/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/301",
  "legislation_title": "The Foyle Area (Oyster Logbook and Identification Tagging) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foyle-area-oyster-logbook-and-identification-tagging-regulations-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations—\n(a) require every person using a dredge for the taking of oysters (Ostrea Edulis) to affix a tag to every oyster bag retained (Regulation 4);\n(b) provide for the issue of tags to such persons (Regulation 5);\n(c) provide for the removal of a tag which is affixed to an oyster bag only in specified circumstances (Regulation 6);\n(d) prohibit the sale, export or transhipment at sea of any oysters (Ostrea Edulis) that have not been placed in a bag and a tag affixed to the bag (Regulation 6);\n(e) prohibit the forging or alteration of tags (Regulation 6);\n(f) prohibit the giving of false information to obtain a tag (Regulation 6);\n(g) provide for the keeping of logbooks and the issue and return of such logbooks (Regulations 7 and 8).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/301/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:29.022433+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."
}