{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/loch-moidart-north-channel-scallop-several-fishery-scotland-order-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/loch-moidart-north-channel-scallop-several-fishery-scotland-order-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2000/173",
  "legislation_title": "The Loch Moidart, North Channel, Scallop Several Fishery (Scotland) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/loch-moidart-north-channel-scallop-several-fishery-scotland-order-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEA FISHERIES\nSHELLFISH\nMade 9th June 2000\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 13th June 2000\nComing into force 4th July 2000\nWhereas an application for an Order under section 1 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 has been made to the Scottish Ministers, by the Sea Fish Industry Authority;\nAnd whereas the Scottish Ministers have prepared a draft Order and have served a copy of it on the applicant in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to that Act;\nAnd whereas the applicant has caused printed copies of the draft Order to be published and circulated and has given notice of the application all in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule;\nAnd whereas no objections were made with respect to the draft Order;\nNow therefore, the Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 1 of, as read with Schedule 1 to the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf and with the consent of the Crown Estate Commissioners hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 83; section 1 was amended by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968 (c. 77), section 15(2) and the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c. 86), Schedule 2, paragraph 15, the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) (Amendment) Act 1997 (c. 3), and is to be read with the Sea Fisheries Act 1968, section 15(3) to (5); Schedule 1 was amended by the Sea Fisheries Act 1968, section 15(7). Scallops and queens were specified for the purpose of section 1 by the Shellfish (Specification of Molluscs) Regulations (S.I. 1987/218)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 (c. 46). The Scottish Ministers are the “appropriate Minister” as defined in section 22(1) of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967 as amended by the Scotland Act (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820) Schedule 2 paragraph 42(10)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2000/173/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:50:40.623681+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."
}