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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-scallop-fishing-scotland-order-2017/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/127",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Scallop Fishing (Scotland) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-scallop-fishing-scotland-order-2017",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Sea Fish (Conservation) Act 1967;\n...\n“king scallop” means a scallop of the species Pecten maximus;\n“scallop dredge” means an appliance with a rigid framed mouth which is towed through the water and is manufactured, adapted, used or intended for use for the purpose of fishing for king scallops;\n“Scotland” and “the Scottish zone” have the same meaning as in section 126(1) of the Scotland Act 1998 ;\n“Scottish inshore waters” has the same meaning as in section 9(1) of the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1984 ; and\n“the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland” means waters which are treated as the territorial sea of the United Kingdom adjacent to Scotland, within the boundaries described in article 3 and schedule 1 of, the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 .",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Fisheries Act 2020 (c. 22), s. 54(3)(a), Sch. 2 para. 27(2) (with s. 50, Sch. 4 para. 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1998 c.46. In relation to the definition of “the Scottish zone”, the sea within British fishery limits (that is, the limits set by or under section 1 of the Fishery Limits Act 1976 (c.86)) which is adjacent to Scotland is determined by the Scottish Adjacent Waters Boundaries Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1126)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1984 c.26. The definition of “Scottish inshore waters” was amended by section 4(2) of the Inshore Fishing (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.27) and by S.I. 1999/1820."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/1126."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 1.6.2017, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/127/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:00.647726+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."
}