{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-drift-net-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-drift-net-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/16",
  "legislation_title": "Salmon Drift Net Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-drift-net-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations prohibit the use of drift nets to catch and kill salmon in tidal waters. The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure considers this to be a necessary measure to fulfil its obligations under Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora.\nRegulation 4 describes the circumstances under which netting by these means may resume and the order of preference for future applications in this event.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/16/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:08:26.940072+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."
}