{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847.json",
  "id": "ukpga/Vict/10-11/92",
  "title": "Mussel Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1847",
  "short_title": "Mussel Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1847",
  "long_title": "An Act for the Protection of Mussel Fisheries in Scotland.",
  "citation": "10 & 11 Vict. c. 92",
  "type": "ukpga",
  "year": "Vict/10-11",
  "number": "92",
  "version": "current",
  "date": "1847-07-02",
  "revised": true,
  "valid_from": "1991-02-01",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "unapplied_effects": 0,
  "provisions": [
    {
      "path": "introduction",
      "kind": "introduction",
      "number": null,
      "heading": "Introductory text",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847/introduction",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/1.",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "1",
      "heading": "Persons unlawfully taking mussels from mussel beds deemed guilty of theft.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847/section-1.",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/2",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "2",
      "heading": "Persons unlawfully fishing or trespassing in any mussel fishery deemed guilty of an attempt to commit theft.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847/section-2",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/3",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "3",
      "heading": "Nothing to prevent persons, lawfully entitled, from fishing for floating fish.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847/section-3",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/4",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "4",
      "heading": "Nothing to prevent persons from exercising legal rights.",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847/section-4",
      "extent": null,
      "status": null,
      "parent": null
    },
    {
      "path": "section/5",
      "kind": "section",
      "number": "5",
      "heading": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847/section-5",
      "extent": null,
      "status": "repealed",
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "has_text": true,
  "pdfs": [
    {
      "title": "Printed copy",
      "main": true,
      "language": null,
      "date": "2025-05-20",
      "size": 159363,
      "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847/pdf/ukpga_18470092_en.pdf",
      "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/92/pdfs/ukpga_18470092_en.pdf"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "made_under": [],
  "changes_made_to": 0,
  "changes_made_to_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847/changes.json",
  "changes_made_by": 0,
  "changes_made_by_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847/changes/by-it.json",
  "instruments_made_under": 0,
  "instruments_made_under_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/mussel-fisheries-scotland-act-1847/instruments.json",
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/92",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:30:19.094860+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."
}