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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scallop-amendment-of-minimum-conservation-reference-sizes-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/120",
  "legislation_title": "The Scallop (Amendment of Minimum Conservation Reference Sizes) (Wales) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scallop-amendment-of-minimum-conservation-reference-sizes-wales-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures",
  "text": "(1) Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fisheries resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures is amended as follows.\n(2) In Annex 6 (north western waters), in Part A (minimum conservation reference sizes), in the table—\n(a) in the entry relating to “Queen scallop (Chlamys spp.)”, in the second column, after “40 mm” insert “(in the Welsh zone, a minimum conservation reference size of 55mm applies)”;\n(b) in the entry relating to “Scallop (Pecten maximus)”, in the second column, after “100 mm” insert “(in the Welsh zone, a minimum conservation reference size of 110mm applies)”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/120/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:39.375388+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."
}