{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scallop-fishing-wales-order-2005/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scallop-fishing-wales-order-2005/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2005/1717",
  "legislation_title": "The Scallop Fishing (Wales) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scallop-fishing-wales-order-2005",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Fishing Restrictions",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 1(3) of the Act, the minimum size of scallop that may be carried by a British fishing boat in Welsh waters is 110mm.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (3) no person is to fish for, take or kill scallops in Welsh waters during the period 1 June to 31 October inclusive, in each year, by any means, including diving.\n(3) In respect of calendar year 2005 the period referred to in paragraph 2 is to commence on 30 June.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1717/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:06:00.846292+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."
}