{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inshore-fishing-monofilament-gill-nets-scotland-order-1996/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1907",
  "legislation_title": "The Inshore Fishing (Monofilament Gill Nets) (Scotland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inshore-fishing-monofilament-gill-nets-scotland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition of carriage of monofilament gill nets",
  "text": "(1) The carriage of monofilament gill net, having a mesh size less than 250 millimetres, for any purpose, in any British fishing boat, in the specified area, is prohibited.\n(2) For the purposes of this Order, the mesh size of a net shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EEC) No.2108/84 laying down detailed rules for determining the mesh size of fishing nets.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L194, 24.7.84, p.22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1907/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:38:28.550706+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."
}