{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fishing-vesselstonnage-regulations-1988/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fishing-vesselstonnage-regulations-1988/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1909",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Fishing Vessels—Tonnage) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-fishing-vesselstonnage-regulations-1988",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations continue the provisions for tonnage measurement laid down in the Merchant Shipping (Fishing Boats Registry) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/740) for vessels under 24 metres in length.\nFor vessels of 24 metres in length and over the provisions for tonnage measurement are laid down in the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations 1982 (S.I. 1982/841), as amended by the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1910).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1909/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:55:31.260461+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."
}