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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-scotland-order-2017/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/325",
  "legislation_title": "The Prohibition of Fishing with Multiple Trawls (Scotland) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prohibition-of-fishing-with-multiple-trawls-scotland-order-2017",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“Regulation 2019/1241” means Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures,\n“beam trawler” means a fishing boat which, in so far as it carries or uses nets, carries or uses only nets which are designed to be towed along the sea-bed and which have their mouth extended by a beam, bar or other rigid device;\n“net” means a trawl, seine net or similar towed net; and\n“single trawl” means a single net towed by a two warp rig in which the net has a single groundrope bosom.\n(2) Expressions in this Order which are not defined in paragraph (1) and which appear in Regulation 2019/1241 have the same meaning in this Order as they have in the Council Regulation.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(1) substituted (21.12.2020) by The Fisheries (Technical Conservation Measures) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/367), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(2) substituted (21.12.2020) by The Fisheries (Technical Conservation Measures) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/367), regs. 1(2), 6(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 1.12.2017, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/325/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
}