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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-of-live-fish-england-and-wales-act-1980/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-of-live-fish-england-and-wales-act-1980/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/27",
  "legislation_title": "Import of Live Fish (England and Wales) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-of-live-fish-england-and-wales-act-1980",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“eggs” include milt;\n“fish” includes shellfish;\n“freshwater fish” means any fish living in fresh water including eels and the fry of eels, but excluding salmon;\n“Minister” means\n(a)in relation to England, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; and\n(b)in relation to Wales, the Secretary of State for Wales;\n“salmon” includes all migratory fish of the species Salmo salar and Salmo trutta commonly known as salmon and sea trout respectively;\n“shellfish” includes crustaceans and molluscs of any kind and any spat or spawn of shellfish.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/27/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:16:04.076668+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."
}