{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-netting-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-netting-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/15",
  "legislation_title": "Salmon Netting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/salmon-netting-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“bag net” means a net consisting of a single wall of netting and leader, one end fixed to the shore and running seawards to a floating fixed trap or cage of netting, enclosed on all sides, bottom and top, except at the entrance from the leader; and with one or more sets of inscales and described in a Certificate issued under the Salmon Fishery (Ireland) Act 1863 as a bag net;\n“draft net” means a net consisting of a single sheet or wall of netting loosely hung on ground and head ropes with the outer ends or wings leading to a funnel and a bag or tail into which the catch is drafted or hauled;\n“drift net” means a net consisting of a single sheet or wall of netting loosely hung on cork and sole ropes;\n“drift net licence” means a fishing licence authorising the use of drift nets for the taking of salmon in the sea;\n“tidal draft net” means a net used in tidal waters consisting of a single sheet or wall of netting loosely hung on ground and head ropes into which the catch is drafted or hauled;",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 1.3.2014, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1863 c. 114 (Ireland)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/15/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:08:27.622632+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."
}